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Tony Two-Cent
08-28-2023, 03:16 PM
This coin and token were found at the vacant farm house on August 5.

1920 coin from Iceland. Great patina, too bad about the damage.
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Token celebrating the centennial of Marshall, Illinois.
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These finds were from door knocking on August 26:

71193
71194
71195
71196
71197
71198
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Pastpursuits
08-28-2023, 03:45 PM
Very cool finds!!! I've never seen a coin from Iceland posted. I wonder what metal that is?
Congrats on the V and silver coins!
Lodge Scent
08-28-2023, 05:49 PM
That is a cool coin! The fact that it is pre-independance makes it even cooler.
wisconsin digger
08-28-2023, 08:03 PM
Nice batch of coins and relics Tony. WD
Digger_O'Dell
08-29-2023, 02:15 PM
Very cool bunch of finds! It's too bad about the Iceland coin, looks like it lost a battle with the lawn mower. I'm really intrigued about that old Pontiac key. Guessing late 40s to early 50s? They used the Pontiac Chief logo on a lot of their old keys, but this is a variation I could only find on one other example and it was undated.
Tony Two-Cent
08-29-2023, 03:32 PM
I'm really intrigued about that old Pontiac key. Guessing late 40s to early 50s? They used the Pontiac Chief logo on a lot of their old keys, but this is a variation I could only find on one other example and it was undated.

Is it Pontiac? I was thinking it was to a Mercury.
Full Metal Digger
08-30-2023, 10:56 AM
It must have been brutely hot on some of those hunts, Tony! Lots of goodies and assorted coins. Is the lipstick tube made of silver? If so, I have never seen one before!
Tony Two-Cent
08-30-2023, 10:59 AM
Is the lipstick tube made of silver? If so, I have never seen one before!


Yes, it is silver. I have never seen one before either. At first I thought it might be a match case. I was shocked when I discovered that it has lipstick in it.
Digger_O'Dell
08-30-2023, 03:52 PM
Is it Pontiac? I was thinking it was to a Mercury.

Thank you Tony, I stand corrected! That is indeed a Mercury key, this style being used 1961-65. The one I saw during an image search came up as Pontiac, so was also mislabeled and explains why I couldn't easily find any others. I was also off base because it isn't the typical double sided Ford/Lincoln/Mercury key they used after this style.
badgers325
09-13-2023, 01:32 PM
Nice work Tony! Cool bunch of relics and coins!