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18mm, WM

Deric writes: A gent on a website that I frequently visit shared a story of finding a "Brother Can You Spare a Dime? token. He found it with some cone top cans, 1926 coin, and some other items which suggest Depression era.
I've seen 2 of these come up on eBay. One sold for a bit over $6, the other was listed at $6 and got no bids, which suggests that the first one went a bit high.
Around 2006 I heard from a dealer near Philadelphia who was offered a lot of several hundred of these. These may well have been made or distributed in the PA area.
Lack of Alaska and Hawaii on map suggests that the token is older than 1959, but their omission could have been an artistic decision.
Alpert & Elman list some similar items as "Depression Related Tokens" on page 259 of "Tokens and Medals"

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