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    Back to town park. 1936 green river whiskey token

    Found this i a 2 hour hunt on my river old town location with my F75 and NEL big coil. Attached is pics and an article I found to identify it. I thought at first it was a Large Cent but this is far cooler.Name:  green river.jpg
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    Last edited by nalc472; 04-18-2016 at 06:38 PM.
    2017 Total:
    Mercs= 2
    Wash=1
    Seated=1
    total slivers=4
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    Indians=4 (1864,1865,1888)
    LG cents=1
    1 Sliver Pendent, 2= 3-ringers, 2 tokens

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    Very nice! Tokens like that are so cool. Congrats!
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    very cool token nalc , saloon and distillery tokens are my favorite you found a great example !!
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    Great find and thanks for the article about it.
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    Oh yeah!
    Waaaay cooler!!
    One of my favorite things to find!
    Congrats!
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    Very cool dig! Nice find.

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    I like tokens as there is usually some kind of story with them unlike most coins. Congrats

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    I love the token, congrats on a great find, WTG. I found one exactly like that about 4 years ago at my picnic grove honey hole.Thanks for posting the history on it.


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