1915 San Francisco Panama Pacific Exposition token

[pondmn]

:My best find todate was tonight at a older public building. Along with some current coins and a silver cross I found a 1915 San Francisco Panama Pacific International Exposition bronze token. The token was awarded to Eastside Beer as a gold metal for excellence of product at the Californias Great Worlds Fairs in San Francisco and San Diego. I was with my buddy using his Fisher 1236X2. Prior to this we had found several other recent coins at the same site.

 

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[Holyfield]

Good Hustle pondmn-How deep was the coin??Holyfield

 

[pondmn]

It was about 6-8 inches down. It has been interesting researching the background of the token. Pondmn

 

[tomaf38]

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[Mona Lisa]

That's great. It's amazing what you'll learn on this site and from researching your finds.

By the way...pondman....are you related to poolboy?

 

[pondmn]

Haupin--- No relation to poolboy. Got my handle from my 40+ foot koi pond. Pondmn

 

[rvbvetter]

Very nice find!! And silver too!! WTG!
Was it found in S.F. ? HH

 

[pondmn]

Rvbvetter--It was found in the central valley about 100 miles from SF. Pondmn

 

[Klaatu]

Pond,

Got a pic of that token? Would love to see it.

 

[bk]

Here is a pic of one I found a few years ago. Is this what yours looks like?

 

[Klaatu]

Cool.

 

[pondmn]

BK That is exactly what my medal looks like except for a scratch that I accidently put on it when probing for it. Since that time I have changed my probing methods and no longer use anything with a sharp point. Most of my information on it came from the internet where one was sold through an auction. Nice to see another one. Pondmn

 

[JARMAN]

Grat's on the find,very nice token.HH

 

[bk]

Pondmn,
Don't feel too bad about the scratch. All my detecting buddies call me "scratch". I would have used that as my name on the forum, but it was already used. So it looks like we're not the only two who scratch things.
By the way, I actually found 2 of these in the same hole many years ago. Long before the internet. I never thought to look it up.
Any idea as to value? My guess would be in the 10-20 dollar price range.
Keep plugging away.

 

[pondmn]

Bk When I looked it up on an auction site the token was in the 15-30 dollar range, so your guess would appear to be right on. Pondmn

 

[allen]

very neat token. keep on digging !!