BRUCE BARTELT ON THE MONEY MAKER, BOTTLE TOKENS, ST. ELIGIUS

Money Maker Secret
I saw your item regarding the “Money Maker” in the last issue and had to reply “I had one of those!” (as was titled a book on baby-boomer toys I saw somewhere). Actually I think it was my older brother who owned the trick counterfeiting tool. The mechanism by which it worked I thought was clever - but like a good magician, I won’t reveal the secret.

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
HEY KIDS, WANT TO COUNTERFEIT MONEY? (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n05a30.html)

Bottle-Redeeming Tokens

The discussion on food stamp tokens and the plastic versions illustrated reminded me of a couple grocery-related tokens in my collection. A local Milwaukee food chain used similar tokens when redeeming the deposit on returned bottles. I obtained these in 1981 and 1983. Another obscure path in paranumismatica.

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see: FOOD STAMP CHANGE TOKEN INFORMATION SOUGHT (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n04a06.html) THE HISTORY OF FOOD STAMP CHANGE TOKENS (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v18n05a11.html)

The Saint Eligius Medal
And going way back to the discussion of the St. Eligius medal, I remembered this from an old Numismatic Scrapbook advertisement, 1966 (attached). I liked the medal, but only eventually purchased one at a small show in Indiana in the early ‘70s (for less than a dollar).

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see:
MORE ON THE SAINT ELIGIUS MEDAL (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v16n45a21.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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