Readers Digest advertising tokens

[malj1]

You don't return anything to RD unless you want to be bombarded with spam [snail] mail!

'Chance to win' is a sprat to catch a mackerel; you are most unlikely to win anything other than more offers designed to part you from your money.

[redwine]

I'm talking 30 years ago when both my mother and I believed we may win 
Besides we bought most of their books

[Figleaf]

Here, they issued paper "lottery tickets". The Dutch consumer organisation published a list of (less than ten) numbers and asked people to come forward if they had received another number or won a prize. No one had, of course. That stopped them in their tracks. I think they even folded their tents and left.

Peter

[malj1]

Here, they issued paper "lottery tickets". The Dutch consumer organisation published a list of (less than ten) numbers and asked people to come forward if they had received another number or won a prize. No one had, of course. That stopped them in their tracks. I think they even folded their tents and left.

Peter

Talking of numbers I find I have that same number 1-06311 as shown on the tokens in replies 22 and 25 ! ...Yet another scam?

[Figleaf]

Probably. RD was definitely in the "pressure sales-heads I win-tails you lose" camp.

Peter

[Marcisharki]

Hello,

I found this token in South Africa.

Aluminium,  34,2 mm. It is even mentioned in Hern`s Handbook on South African Tokens 2009
under 1220b, page 218 !

Best wishes

Marc

[translateltd]

I suspect all the ones with LIMITED as part of the company's name are British (or Irish), as AFAIK this description is not used in the US (where Inc. is preferred) or Australia/NZ (where Pty. is used). Not sure about Canadian usage though.

Pty isn't used in NZ - I think it's uniquely Australian.

There are also the "1752 ducats" with the TU DOMINE SPES MEA legends that appear to be gilt aluminium (or other brassy coating on a lightweight substrate) that turn up regularly, which are also attributed to RD, though there is nothing on them that makes the link obvious.

[FosseWay]

Talking of numbers I find I have that same number 1-06311 as shown on the tokens in replies 22 and 25 ! ...Yet another scam?

I have two gold-coloured ones with those same numbers as well, but also a silver-coloured one with different numbers and some letters added below the main design. Both sides are the same.

[redwine]

Plastic 280 Francs, France I think.  Same both sides 

[FosseWay]

280 French francs was a fair bit of money -- around £28 or €43 in 2002. Could it be Belgian? (Can't remember the exchange rate for the Belgian franc offhand but I think it was 60 or 70 to the pound.)

[chrisild]

Sounds good. Just checked; €1 is roughly 40 Belgian francs, so the amount on this token would be about €7 ...

Christian

[Figleaf]

I think most of these were lottery tokens and the amounts were prizes. Of course, the lottery numbers were all the same. You don't want anyone to actually win sich a prize now, do you?

Peter

[redwine]

No, I'm going to disagree with everyone.  i believe it to be French Francs and was returned for that discount value on books ordered.

[redwine]

3.17g
35mm
Consimilar
Medal aligned
Metal - no idea

[malj1]

Another of the Pegasus type, the picture tells me its Readers Digest. Image from eBay.