Coin?/Token? smashed by a train-help with ID-please!!

[Charmin]

This is made of copper and was found next to the Midland Valley Railroad tracks. I think the kids that used to live next to the tracks probably put it on the tracks to smash it. I've heard stories of people doing that and causing the train to jump the tracks! It is flattened pretty good but you can still see the numbers "25" on one side and the reeded edges from the coin/token. There is a "25" on the other side, too. No letters or anything else, though. Any help would be appreciated! regards~~~sandcreek4

 

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[Charmin]

Some choo-choo smashed coins. Where I lived I picked up lots of smashed coins, toys and unidentifyable items. The two chineese coins in the center were NOT run over.
I needs a Grog!

You found lots of those things! Don't you wish they weren't smashed??!! thanks for the comments and enjoy your Grog, White Feather~~~sandcreek4

 

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[dozer dan]

this is just a wag but it may not be a coin or token.

it appears to be made of steel. when i was a kid, i would visit cousins in town that lived down by the tracks.
back then the railroad had little coin shaped mild explosive charges called torpedo's. they would lay
them on the tracks in a series of 1-2- or 3 and placed at a certain yardage intervals.

they were used to signal the engineer in a caution or emergency situation.

when the train ran over them they would explode and make a loud "bang" that the engineer could hear.

if he heard 1-bang, it would mean stay alert, 2- bangs would mean slow down, and
3- would bring the train to a screechin ass halt.


some of the neighborhood kids would take chewing gum and stick .22 bullets to the tracks in
the direction the train was headed just for fun to watch the train come to a stop.

they really had no idea of the hazard they were causing or the hurtin that a R.R. dick would
put on them if they got caught.



one of the kids who acquired a few of the torpedo's was putting them into a piece of pipe one day
trying to make a big firecracker. they wouldn't all fit so he takes an old broomstick and starts to pack them in........

as dear old Paul Harvey would say, you know the rest of the story.

 

[IronSpike]

Quite a story there Dozer Dan Do you remember if those torpedo's had like 25 markings?

Know the rest of the story, but holly smoke what happened to the train that ran over the spike Monty posted

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

I believe the 72cheyene is correct, it's a generic, or maverick 25ct token. I've found numerous 5ct-25ct generics out here in Denver. Thank God that it wasn't a token with a location on it! Great find!

 

[Charmin]

I believe the 72cheyene is correct, it's a generic, or maverick 25ct token. I've found numerous 5ct-25ct generics out here in Denver. Thank God that it wasn't a token with a location on it! Great find!

I'm so glad it wasn't a token with a location on it, too! I like finding those almost as much as coins because of the "story" they tell! Thanks for the comments, curbdiggercarl57! Also 72cheyene for your input on this token! kind regards, sandcreek4

 

[72cheyenne]

Hey sandcreek, here's a site that BCH found that I think is match for your token. http://www.tokensdirect.com/standard_designs.pdf
Look at #0471.

 

[Charmin]

Hey sandcreek, here's a site that BCH found that I think is match for your token. http://www.tokensdirect.com/standard_designs.pdf
Look at #0471.

You guys are BRILLIANT! Thanks for all the research!! kind regards, sandcreek4