Weirs Beach, NH Metal Typer Tokens 1950s
I received a total of six metal typer tokens in a lot of miscellaneous exonumia and I believe these four are all from a machine that was in Weirs Beach, NH in the 1950s. This is a long time recreational area and would have many different shops and locations where a metal typer machine would “fit”.
What led me to believe these are all from Weirs Beach is that they all look very similar (Good Luck Clover / American Flag) and one of them contains the legend “TWEIRS BEACH” which is probably a typo. The “1056″ is most likely a typo as well (for 1956).
Imprint: B.T.N.Tweirs Beach Aug. 12 1056
Obverse: Good Luck [Four Leaf Clover]
Reverse: American Flag
Color: Silver
Location: Weirs Beach, NH
Machine: Unknown
Date: August 12, 1956
The three other tokens not only have the same blanks, but all mention areas that are home to frequent Weirs Beach visitors: Adamsville, RI, Boston, and North End (a region of Boston).
Here are the other three tokens-
Imprint: Chet Deplitch Adamsville RI 1953
Obverse: Good Luck [Four Leaf Clover]
Reverse: American Flag
Color: Silver
Location: Weirs Beach, NH
Machine: Unknown
Date: 1953
Imprint: Jonny Bergonzi Boston
Obverse: American Flag
Reverse: Good Luck [Four Leaf Clover]
Color: Silver
Location: Weirs Beach, NH
Machine: Unknown
Date: 1950s
Imprint: Frank Iarrobino North End
Obverse: American Flag
Reverse: Good Luck [Four Leaf Clover]
Color: Silver
Location: Weirs Beach, NH
Machine: Unknown
Date: 1950s
Tags: 1950s, Adamsville, American Flag, Boston, Good Luck Clover, MA, Mass., Massachusetts, New Hampshire, NH, North End, Rhode Island, RI, Weirs Beach
Hi… I live in Kentucky and I just found one of these in my yard. It looks identical to these but doesn’t have any other writing on it except for the good luck around the clover. Pretty neat. I was just curious as to how it might have gotten to Kentucky.