Islands Island, Iceland, entertaining fun theme

Started by Alex Island, February 06, 2023, 03:07:58 PM

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FosseWay

Sundsamband Íslands = Icelandic Swimming Assocation

This is a 25th anniversary medal of the association.

FosseWay

I've found another variant on the Icelandic spinner with the cat's ass. The pictures below are from the Tradera auction - I haven't received the token yet.

The cat side is the same as on Alex's token upthread, with OK YOU PAY - ÞU BORGAR.

The other side, though, is intriguing. It advertises a business in St Thomas, US Virgin Islands, so you get a double island hit ;)

What purpose does a joint Icelandic-USVI token serve?

Figleaf

My guess is these are meant for bored US tourists getting off US cruise ships while they are allowed to (in this case St. Thomas) and the Icelandic text is just  an erroneous pick of available used dies - unless you can think of Icelandic cruise ships mooring around St. Thomas. Disney-esque scenes of a penguin who hates the cold and all ends well on a St. Thomas beach come to mind. :D

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

FosseWay

It just occurred to me (sorry, I'm slow) that the US Virgin Islands used to be the Danish West Indies. Your suggestion of what amounts to a mule makes even more sense if it's Danish tourists (or at least tourists from wherever on a Danish cruise ship) that this is aimed at. The token is made in Denmark and the cat side exists with English and Danish text. I wonder if the intention was to have the OK - YOU PAY / DU BETALER text and they picked the Icelandic version by mistake.

If the token was ordered by either a US cruise company or by the store in St Thomas itself, it's rather hard to explain why they chose a supplier in Denmark or had non-English text at all. AFAIK all the cat spinners have Danish or Icelandic text alongside the English.

Figleaf

Good point. The prime suspect is here. They don't seem to include St. Thomas, though. Fred Olsen (Norwegian) is a very distant secondary suspect.

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

Alex Island

Quote from: FosseWay on February 04, 2024, 08:49:44 PMI've found another variant on the Icelandic

Thank you for remembering this topic!  :)
Of course, this is interesting and fun, especially since there are two islands from different parts of the world on one token.

And now I'll add a few more finds that are also fun to read. In the first reading, these are "numismatic islands"

Myntsafnarafélag Íslands (Coin Collectors Association of Iceland)

I noticed several options from different years: 1989, 1994, 2019, and one other
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