The term book token was first coined in the 1920s by harold raymond, an english publisher who noticed that for christmas his friends had received a collective total of only three books out of 119 total gifts. Jul 07, 2017 on the occasions in which the token didnt feature the givers initials, it was used as a proposal for marriage. Usa coin book us coin values and prices online coin. A coin is not necessarily valuable merely because of age.
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