hieroglyphics

22x31mm, copper

Darrell found a thread on cointalk about this item: http://www.cointalk.com/t212522/ One poster quotes an about.com expert as saying: "This is one of several tokens that were popular during the Egyptian reviaval period of the early 1900's, In fact the Memphis museum of Egyptian artifacts grew in popularity during this time and to get in you had to have a token not unlike these. Several museums had other ones like the Met in NYC, the Museum in Chicago and others that featured Egyptian artifacts. They were souvenirs."
A token like this sold on eBay Sept. 2006 for $0.99 + $1 shipping. Seller knew nothing about it. (unfortunately I did not save an image of this token, so I'm not sure if it was exactly like mine, or just similar)
James writes: I have one that is exactly like this that was given to me by my great grandmother in the early 50s. She lived in Franklin, KY and did not know the origin. I think she may have gotten it from my great great grandparents. She used to travel to Nashville, TN to visit relatives and did go to some museums. (James sent a scan, and his appears to be exactly the same as mine; could be a promotional item or souvenir from a museum?)

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