Token

[Dave44]

I found a token today, put it in the olive oil. Maybe someone can help with this,, have been looking all over for it. On the front is a bust of andrew jackson in uniform - It says gen. andrew jackson. on the back it says- hero of new orleans. seems to be copper but am not sure, bout the size of a quarter. by the way no date that I can see. thank you all

[morestuff!]

Hi Dave,
From the description, it could be a number of things. Andrew Jackson has appeared on many tokens & medals over the years. He was often the subject of scorn on various hardtimes tokens during his presidency. However, he also shows up in token form during the 20th century, on Cracker Jack prize coins, gas station giveaways, etc.

Please post a picture after it is cleaned up.

Congratulations, I think any token is an interesting find.
Ed

[Dave44]

A pic I hope, man thats not really easy is it? well i cropped, sorry you cant see what else was in that pic.

I am not very sure of just how to do this, but I have heard that u can use tin foil with the dull side up and boiling hot water to clean coins.
Perhaps someone else on here would kknow more about it & if it really does work.

[NC_Hunting]

Nice token ... good luck getting it cleaned up and finding out some info on it!

[exonumia]

MOST of the quarter sized Presidential tokens are the modern (ca. 1960 up) Shell Oil (and other oil company) give-aways, issued in AL & BR. You would go to a gas company and get a token with each purchase, and the idea was to complete the set. The Franklin Mint issued MILLIONS of these. I regret I cannot tell if yours is modern from the pic or not, sorry.

[gallienus267]

Dave44. What you have is a coin (token) that was a Cracker Jack prize. These date from 1933 - 1936. I found the same in a local lake this year while I was hunting around some private docks. In the 1930's if you saved 5 of these and sent them in you would become a member of the Cracker Jack Mystery club. Hope this helps.

does it look anything like this one ? This on is wm . harrison