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    Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less



    I found this today in the same place I found the 3 cent piece last week. It's not valuable but an interesting find none the less.

    It's a Franklin Pierce President coin, found in Cracker Jack boxes in the mid 1930s.







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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    Cool !!! thumbsup01 thumbsup01 All I ever seemed to get out of the Cracker Jack boxes where the crummy prizes .

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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    cool Cracker Jack mystery coin, have a look to see if you have canceled on the back of yours, you may have a rare one, it sure beats a tattoo or one of those folding faces I always got out of a box, nice find!!!
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    I was born in 1946, so these weren't even around yet. By the time I was old enough to remember Cracker Jacks all they had was junk for prizes, but at the time we thought it was golden. LOL
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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    good save on the token,today cracker jacks have cool things like stickers :bangshead02: ,I remember in the 50's you could buy a tube of peanuts that had money in them,dollars were pretty rare...
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    That's a cool find,, ,I've found a few of those,not in as good of shape as yours though
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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    well now Frank , that is a very cool collector token . what is the composition of that piece aluminum
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    neat token find,need to check it out some of them are worth more,wtg.
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    Quote Originally Posted by del View Post
    well now Frank , that is a very cool collector token . what is the composition of that piece aluminum
    Yes, it's aluminum Dan. Unfortunately they aren't worth much, but being they were around in the mid 30s make it an exciting find for me.
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    Congrats Frank... that's a keeper for your token collection.

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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    I love finding them odd tokens, and yes it is special because YOU found it

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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    I got one of those last night too! Mine was Harding...anyone know the background on these tokens?
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    Re: Not Valuable But Interesting Find None the Less

    Very Cool Token !!
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