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Went out and hit a couple yards with driftwood and his son today. I scored 8 wheats, a couple silvers, and 2 pretty awesome tokens. The Ford is a commemorative 30 year anniversary token from 1933. The other token commemorates the opening of the Meridian Highway bridge in Yankton, South Dakota in 1924. Which is now just a pedestrian bridge.
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Great looking Ford token. Just think when they made that token, they were showing off cars that we would love to get our hands on now :lol: It was new to them, but a very long time ago to us. That is what I love about antique items like that...you can almost feel the time period when you hold it. Great finds!
Great finds. I have seen that Ford token before. Someone can correct me if I am wrong but I think they gave those out at the 1933 World's Fair in Chicago.
Some very nice coin finds there, but I really like the tokens! I suspect that Dave may be correct about the Ford token being given away at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair. The name of that fair was "A Century of Progress" and I bet that Ford altered that phrase for the wording on their token.
Cool finds!