halfdime
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"I can't read this; it's in another language."
After a full day of baseball field maintenance, house construction and lawn mowing, Miss halfdime and I set out for the evening with one goal: silver and at least a dollar in face value. We went back over to our neighbor's yard and the first signal was, I thought, a nickel. Missy took it over to our water bucket for a rinse off and announced, "I can't read this; it's in another language." Hence, the title of my post
. I looked at it and realized it was some kind of token. After more thorough cleaning at home, I was able to translate for her: Good for 2(cents) on Premiums You Can Byrite at Walters. On the other side, where a hole obliterated some initials, it reads: ....Walter & Sons Byrite Butler, PA. Butler is about 15 miles from here, and I may have to research whether the store still exists (I doubt it). I do like these tokens, so it was a nice start. The rest of the evening was a penny parade, mostly wheats: 1918, 25, 28, 30 and a few toasteds. Eight wheats and three memorials. Finally, I got another nickel signal, and it was a pretty toasted 26 or 28 Buffalo nickel. The next signal was another nickel, a toasted 1904 V nickel. I was plucking some oldies, but there wasn't any silver last night. I did manage a dime's worth of play money, then discovered this soldier on horseback. Someday, I'd like to find one with the stand intact! We didn't meet either goal, but it was a beautiful evening out and I did manage some interesting finds.
After a full day of baseball field maintenance, house construction and lawn mowing, Miss halfdime and I set out for the evening with one goal: silver and at least a dollar in face value. We went back over to our neighbor's yard and the first signal was, I thought, a nickel. Missy took it over to our water bucket for a rinse off and announced, "I can't read this; it's in another language." Hence, the title of my post
. I looked at it and realized it was some kind of token. After more thorough cleaning at home, I was able to translate for her: Good for 2(cents) on Premiums You Can Byrite at Walters. On the other side, where a hole obliterated some initials, it reads: ....Walter & Sons Byrite Butler, PA. Butler is about 15 miles from here, and I may have to research whether the store still exists (I doubt it). I do like these tokens, so it was a nice start. The rest of the evening was a penny parade, mostly wheats: 1918, 25, 28, 30 and a few toasteds. Eight wheats and three memorials. Finally, I got another nickel signal, and it was a pretty toasted 26 or 28 Buffalo nickel. The next signal was another nickel, a toasted 1904 V nickel. I was plucking some oldies, but there wasn't any silver last night. I did manage a dime's worth of play money, then discovered this soldier on horseback. Someday, I'd like to find one with the stand intact! We didn't meet either goal, but it was a beautiful evening out and I did manage some interesting finds.
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Love the token! 
