Any Coin Experts?

[Velocity173]

Somehow got this in my change today while shopping. Says The Crystal Palace??? Looks and feels like the old tokens we had when I worked at an arcade.

 

[Anymouse]

What does the other side look like?

 

[PaulS]

Might be worth some money, bring it to a coin guy.

 

[Velocity173]

Tracked one for sale on EBay. Guess it’s referred to as a medal and not a coin. Still doesn’t give me anything to go on as to it’s history. It says 1851 but I seriously doubt the thing is that old.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-Cryst...Exhibition-in-London-High-Grade-/132920999015

 

[Velocity173]

What does the other side look like?

Looks like dimensions.

 

[Matthew]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition

Souvenir tokens? I don't know how to know if it's original or from a gift shop in 1951 (the 100th anniversary).

 

[RyanB]

Yes, this guy can help you...

 

[Badger]

I think it's a lap dance token from a strip joint.

 

[Wheels]

The guy that runs this website might be able to give you some information on it. The bottom of the page has an email address to contact him. http://birminghamminttokens.com/heaton---1851-worlds-fair.html

 

[Velocity173]

I think it's a lap dance token from a strip joint.

The Crystal Palace, not The Pink Palace.

 

[Velocity173]

The guy that runs this website might be able to give you some information on it. The bottom of the page has an email address to contact him. http://birminghamminttokens.com/heaton---1851-worlds-fair.html

Thanks. Looks like there’s several versions of the medal.

 

[ARFlyer]

Looks like a modern reproduction. Everything on google images for the original medals doesn't show your medal's face layout.

 

[Velocity173]

Looks like a modern reproduction. Everything on google images for the original medals doesn't show your medal's face layout.

I contacted the Birminghamminttoken.com guy in the above link a few hours ago. He said it was a souvenir coin made by Allen & Moore in 1851 for the London Exhibition. I guess he doesn’t have my version on his page. Said it’s rarity on a scale of 1-10 (10 most rare) is only a 3. Retails for a whopping 10-13 British Pounds. I’m rich! Said it’s quite a find. I suppose it is. Getting change back from Walmart that’s suppose to be a quarter and I get a British token is quite a find.

 

[Spring Ford]

An amazing find.

The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a huge thing.
Edit: (6,039,722 visitors).

The building, which became known as the Crystal Palace was constructed in Hyde Park which is in central London.

After the Exhibition it was moved a few miles to an area now known as Crystal Palace. The building was destroyed by fire in 1936.

There is a Premier League football (soccer) team known as Crystal Palace.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crystal_Palace
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Exhibition

The image (from the Wiki page) is I think a photo taken in 1854 after the building was moved and re-constructed. The image is credited to The Smithsonian.

 

[Clip4]

Tracked one for sale on EBay. Guess it’s referred to as a medal and not a coin. Still doesn’t give me anything to go on as to it’s history. It says 1851 but I seriously doubt the thing is that old.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/1851-Cryst...Exhibition-in-London-High-Grade-/132920999015

It probably has been cleaned which lowers the value.

 

[ARFlyer]

I contacted the Birminghamminttoken.com guy in the above link a few hours ago. He said it was a souvenir coin made by Allen & Moore in 1851 for the London Exhibition. I guess he doesn’t have my version on his page. Said it’s rarity on a scale of 1-10 (10 most rare) is only a 3. Retails for a whopping 10-13 British Pounds. I’m rich! Said it’s quite a find. I suppose it is. Getting change back from Walmart that’s suppose to be a quarter and I get a British token is quite a find.

I found a Canadian quarter in my pocket once after a quick turn in Toronto. Only thing is that I never bought anything as I never left the aircraft.

Still have no idea how it got into my pocket.

 

[Velocity173]

It probably has been cleaned which lowers the value.

Mine was pretty dull and I couldn’t read the letters so I cleared it up with some metal polish. After I did that I was thinking that I probably lowered the value as well. Not worth much any way I suppose.