Identification Help: Medal and Token Experts

[Mergula-migration]

Hi all,

 

I was going through some of my many boxes of old coins i have collected since childhood, and ran across this one. I was wondering if anyone might be able to tell me anything about it. I did some research long ago, and never find out anything about it on my own. So I thought I would ask the experts, see if they can tell me anything about it.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for your time

Shawn

[TomB]

I haven't seen this one before, but it appears to be a relatively modern piece that might have been either a gaming token or that could have been a giveaway piece.

[cpm9ball]

Hi, Shawn! You said that you have had this since childhood. How old are you? My question is relevant because the medal doesn't appear to be that old. I don't recall ever seeing an older medal with the abbreviation, "USA".

 

Chris

[Mergula-migration]

Chris,

 

I am 34 years of age, I have been collecting coins since I was about 8 or 9. I bought an entire collection from an older gentleman around that time, that contained alot of various coins, including some odd items like this one. I have been storing them for years, and just dug them out of the safety deposit box a few months ago and have been going back through them. Hopefully this information is helpful. I never could find anything out about this token/Medal. It was just interesting to me, so I thought I would post a pic and see if anyone had any info on it.

 

Thanks for your time.

Shawn

[rrantique]

Hi Shawn and welcome to the forum

 

here is link of same medal offered in ebay sell maybe you can asked the seller.

http://cgi.ebay.com/George-Washington-Medal_W0QQitemZ300128193580QQcmdZViewItem#ebayphotohosting

[Mergula-migration]

Irvin,

 

Thanks for the link I will follow-up with the seller see if they have any information on it.

 

Shawn

[cpm9ball]

Irvin, the one on eBay looks more like a trinket rather than a medal. Did you notice how Washington looks bug-eyed?

 

Chris

[James_OldeTowne]

Based on the logotype, it must be a modern piece, perhaps from the 1940 - 1970 timeframe?

[rrantique]

Your right Chris like some sort of cast replica i think like medal in the OT.

[thebeav]

I've had many of these, in aluminum. Probably, because they were made so inexpensively, I've never looked into them. Sold them for a couple of bucks.....

[Conder101]

It's from the 1970's (think bicentennial) and it shows up (and is discussed on the various forums ) frequently. It was used for at least two purposes, a bangle on cosume jewelry braclets, and one clothing manufacurer used them as a jacket zipper pull