Token - Henry Ford cent 1917 Detroit, Michigan ND

Reverse

Plain except for lettering.
Weyhing was the manufacturer.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WEYHING
DETROIT

Edge

Plain

Comment

Weyhing Brothers Manufacturing Company in Detroit, Michigan is part museum, historical society, manufacturing plant and an artist’s studio all wrapped into one. The company has a 100-year history of producing jewelry, awards, medals, tokens, pins, class rings and above all, custom made badges.

...In 1917, Henry Ford toyed with the idea minting his own money. His plan was not to replace the legal tender, but to create an issue intended to commingle with change then in circulation. Henry Ford’s profile was substituted for Abraham Lincolns with the motto reading “help the other fellow”, a favorite saying of Ford. Henry ordered one million substitute pennies and trial pieces were made before World War I and the U.S. Government forced Ford abandon his idea.
https://www.poam.net/journal/a-century-of-making-michigans-finest-badges/


...I recently purchased a set of these (copper, sterling silver, and gold-plated).

The dies were prepared in 1917, but because of the outbreak of World War I, the project was canceled. In 1963, these "coins" were struck to celebrate the 100th Anniversary of Henry Ford's birth.
https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/898437/henry-fords-quot-help-the-other-fellow-quot-cents