Those things are really neat. There are two types, both of which are pictured in “The System Scrip Makers of Western Ohio,” a TAMS Journal supplement Eric Schena and I co-authored in 2016. In the 1960s I found one identical to the one at auction, with about a hundred of the tokens still in the drawers.

Since 1927 the Greater New York Councils of the Boy Scouts has operated Ten Mile River Scout Camps on 12,000 acres in Sullivan County, near Monticello and Narrowsburg NY (with some Delaware River frontage).

Every once in a while the residents of the county scheme to tax the property. So in the summer of 1976 for two or three weeks the staff members were paid half by the normal check and half by $2 dollar bills.

Once the local communities were flooded with the twos, folks realized how much of an additional financial impact the scouts brought to the county and beyond.

The tax talk subsided.

I liked your idea of producing a coin coloring book for adults. You're probably already aware that the U.S. Mint publishes a coloring book for YNs. I requested a PDF Copy and they sent an entire box with 100 copies once I told them it was for our PAN KidZone. Not really difficult enough to challenge adults, but certainly great fun for the young ones. I already have crayons and colored pencils for the KidZone visitors on 19 October. I think those coloring books are going to be a big hit along with our “Color Ben” contest.

I am sending a photo of a copper medallion I bought yesterday. I hope someone can shed some light on this. It is uniface made of copper and inscribed:

FLOATING TROPHY
PRESENTED BY
THE
W N L A Ltd

The maker seems to be M AW or M & W Ltd

Any ideas?