United States
Radio Token - Johnson County Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana) ND front Radio Token - Johnson County Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana) ND back
Radio Token - Johnson County Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana) ND photo
© Bobby Harpoon (CC BY)
Radio Token - Johnson County Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana) ND front Radio Token - Johnson County Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana) ND back
© Bobby Harpoon (CC BY)

Radio Token - Johnson County Memorial Hospital (Franklin, Indiana) ND

 
Zinc 1.8 g 17 mm
Description
Location
 United States
Period
 Federal republic (1776-date)
Type
 Amusement tokens › Phonograph tokens
Composition
 Zinc
Weight
 1.8 g
Diameter
 17 mm
Thickness
 1.3 mm
Shape
 Round with a round hole
Technique
 Milled
Orientation
 Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
 2024-11-14
References
Numista
 N#401293
Rarity index
 100%

Reverse

Lines coming out of upper 70% of round hole

Scripts: Latin, Latin (cursive)

Lettering:
RADIO TOKEN
Dahlberg
★

Edge

Plain

Comment

These tokens were used in  bed top radios. They had a pillow speaker so the paitient did have to play it very loud to hear it,

See also

In the same collection

See Also

In the same collection
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Bronze 4.0 g 22.8 mm