Undated New Year token in zinc

Started by bagerap, October 16, 2014, 01:43:06 PM

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This one with the beaded perimeter is likely an A. Belada token. A token manufacture in Vienna at one time.
This pig design is matched with other reverses as well.

One of the interesting aspects of many of these type tokens is the mushroom (Amanita muscaria) and its lore and how it got considered lucky.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

Regards
Dale





Quote from: bagerap on October 16, 2014, 01:43:06 PM
And it has a magic mushroom too:


Figleaf

That sort of knowledge ought to be captured in a book.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.