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    Wisconsin Political Token

    One of the things I like most about this hobby are the interesting things you find beyond the coins. This weekend I was hunting an old Park I have been hunting since I was a kid. I was still amazed at the good signals I was getting including a really nice silver quarter signal. The signal turned out to be an Old Political Token that I was able to get some history on. Turns out to be a guy who ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Wisconsin in 1912 and 1916 making the token over 100 years old. Quite the unique find. The other amazing results were 7 Wheaties and a really worn Barber Dime from a pounded park. I also included a nice looking 1910 wheatie Wisconsin Digger
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    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
    Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes

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    Nice finds. Is the token aluminum?

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    Very cool find. I love finding tokens with traceable history!
    Great recovery!!
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    Yeah it was aluminum. It cleaned up pretty well with am light wire wheel cleaning. WD
    Total silver 3 - Goal 50 (2024 Finds) - 0 Washington - 0 Barber Dimes - 0 Mercury Dimes- - 3 Roosevelt Dimes - 0 V Nickels - 0 Buffalos - 0 War Nickels - 0 Indian - 10 Wheats - $ 3.44 in clad
    Relics: MILESTONES since 2012: 1700 silver coins - 8000 Clad Quarters - 500 Roosevelts - 750 Mercury Dimes

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    Great token. Cleaned up really well
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    Awesome old token! Digging the unusual things are always a big treat.

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    Nice token with some interesting history behind it. Rarely do aluminum tokens come out of the ground looking that nice. It makes me wonder when they started making tokens out of aluminum. Clearly they were doing it by 1916.
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    9 Large Cents, 415 Indian Heads, 2 Two Cent Pieces, 1 Capped Bust Half Dime, 1 Seated Half Dime, 10 Shield Nickels, 68 V Nickels, 124 Buffalo Nickels, 31 War Nickels, 16 Seated Dimes, 131 Barber Dimes, 405 Mercury Dimes, 249 Rosies, 4 Seated Quarters, 18 Barber Quarters, 19 Standing Liberty Quarters, 89 Silver Washingtons, 1 Seated Half, 3 Barber Halves, 16 Walking Liberty Halves

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