Central States - interesting find

[Zebo]

I came up short on a number of coins in auction at Central States. I did find something unusual that I liked, but lost out on. What do you think of it?

 

 

 

[tommy44]

Interesting piece. I once had a three piece set, (1/2, 1 & 2 Too Wah), wish I'd never sold it.

[KeyMan64]

Neat

[Raisethis2]

That's different.

 

Nice coin.

[AHFreak]

pretty awesome. What is it?

 

[johnny9434]

thats neat looking. you have any more info on it or where to look?

[tommy44]

See the following page in "Unusual World Coins".

 

https://books.google.com/books?id=NUg1HUZt5OEC&pg=PA698&lpg=PA698&dq=alaska+gold+2+too+wah&source=bl&ots=THdNd8N_kl&sig=uYlUIvZKTf09i3o9b3jD7X2jHCA&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xds_VfjYGoKtogTCh4CADw&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBw#v=onepage&q=alaska%20gold%202%20too%20wah&f=false

 

I take back what I said about my three piece set. It was the 1/4, 1/2 and 1 DWT set shown in the link. I did have a 2 Too Wah also. Sol them all long ago.

[Zebo]

There is a 5 Star and a 7 Star Variety. The 7Star variety is rarer.

 

1862 (1910) Alaska 2 Too Wah token in gold. These curious tokens were supposedly struck for the Alaska-Yukon Exposition of 1909, and the reverse is dated 1910. The design motifs include an eskimo on the obverse and a dog sled on the reverse with two tusks.

 

Gould-Bressett 108 variant. Nathan Joseph Original.