| S. S. Rex - Santa Monica, California |
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| Comments: Back side is blank. Token size is 22mm. "Anillo Restrike", While doing research on another token, I stumbled across a token website by Ken Barr, www.kenbarr.com. He has an article discussing fantasy tokens. In the article he talks about Anillo Restrikes. I copied and pasted the paragraph about Anillo below the auction ad. While it is probably correct as to design, it is not correct as to color and material. Also, it is not now known what was on the other side of the actual token. If you Google "Anillo Restrikes", you’ll find lots of info on these restrikes that are out there. K. ANILLO RESTRIKES
These are uniface aluminum restrikes of tokens and medals, made by Anillo Industries of Orange, Calif. in 1968. Anillo Industries had bought out all the dies of the Los Angeles Stamp and Stationery Co. (formerly the Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Co.) and planned to go into the token and medal making business. So they took about 3,500 of the old dies and struck 25 sets of uniface tokens which they planned to mount in salesmen sample books. Only four books were made up. Thes sets ended up being sold to token collectors for about $150 per set. The dies used for the restrikes were mostly California trade tokens and medals. Most of the restrikes look just like the original tokens, but the Anillo restrikes can be easily identified by being aluminum and uniface. Some collectors are now paying $1.00 to several dollars each for most of these restrikes (especially those of rare tokens). But these restrikes are frequently offered for sale as original old tokens at high prices. |
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