Silver Issue

22mm, silver

About this token:

• Note: Quite a few people have written me that they have one of these, but nobody knows anything about them! The scan is a bit hard to read, but the number on mine is 8528178
• Kevin writes: I have one of these tokens, I purchased it at an estate sale. 7618090 is the number on mine as well. mine is set in a neckalace bezel.
• Grant writes: I have one but mine is very different. The eagle or hawk? Is facing the other way. and all the writing on mine is in different places. And the number on it is 7618090.
• Steve writes: When I graduated college in 1970, my brother gave me a money clip which I still carry. As you might guess, it is quite worn, and has been resoldered numerous times. The decoration on the clip is a soft metal (could be silver ?) bezel into which has been set a token like the one you mention in your site. The bezel setting has protected the token fairly well during the almost 40 years of constant use. On mine, the eagle faces his right, over the number 7618090, and reads 2 grams of .999 fine silver. Also, reads Braemoor since 1873. At the time, I think this was a fairly expensive piece of Men's "tuxedo" jewelry, and was probably priced about $40 or $50. That doesn't sound like much now, but keep in mind that the average yearly salary in 1970 was about $10,000. I don't know what, if anything is on the reverse of the coin.
• Billy writes: I have one similar that is mounted in a circular brass holder. Mine differs in that the eagle faces the opposite direction and at the bottom it reads ”Braemoor since 1873”.
• Kathy writes: I have the same coin but my number is 8528179. Angela writes: my token is a different # then the one you have posted and on the opposite side of the 1776 the word President is under a star. And the token is set in a key chain. The # on mine is 7417067.
• Someone wrote to me: I have found a trinket money clip on the internet that has this token attached to it.... heres a link to the online store selling the clips..... http://pages.tias.com/7353/PictPage/1921697984.html (I sent a note to the web page, but didn't get any reply)
• Simon found a coin like this (same number) about 1990, so they are at least that old.

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