Uncle Jake's Good luck medal

MTtrashdigger · Oct 30, 2020

A week ago I had snow and frozen ground. Today most of the snow is gone and the ground is nice and moist. Went out for a couple of hours and dug this interesting coin/token at nearly 10 inches down in the side yard of a home that dates to about 1910. Its about the size of a half dollar and made of something that rings up at 29 on my Equinox. Very little info online about this but apparently Uncle Jake was big deal in SW Michigan back in the 1920s. He founded the Kalamazoo Vegetable Parchment Co. in 1909 and was an exemplary and generous business man. The token has words to live by for all generations.

GroundSweeper · Nov 1, 2020

Very cool, interesting and big token, congrats!

youngercs · Nov 1, 2020

Amazing find

Congrats on the token! That is really neat. I usually only find transit, Chuck E Cheese, and car wash tokens lol

JoeKeeling · Nov 1, 2020

Great find! Unusual too. Have you found others?

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MTtrashdigger · Nov 4, 2020

GroundSweeper said:
Very cool, interesting and big token, congrats!

Thanks! It is big and based on the color and size and TDI, I figured I had a clad half dollar.

youngercs said:
Congrats on the token! That is really neat. I usually only find transit, Chuck E Cheese, and car wash tokens lol

I'm with you there. I have dug a more than a few tokens of the " no cash value" variety. Better than a pull tab tho.....but not by much.

JoeKeeling said:
Great find! Unusual too. Have you found others?

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Thanks . Its a neat part of history. Almost all of the tokens I have dug are modern Chuck e cheese type and a few that are valid in our local adult arcades. I have 1 actual 5 cent trade token and 1 early generic slot machine token.

LovestheShiny! · Nov 4, 2020

Awesome token, Todd! Good sentiments on that coin, I do "detect with a purpose!"

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