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Encased Token - Askins Family Clothes
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1949 |
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| Composition | Bimetallic: copper centre in aluminium ring |
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| Obverse script | Latin |
| Obverse lettering | KEEP ME AND NEVER GO BROKE I BRING GOOD LUCK |
| Reverse description | Reverse of the horseshoe-shaped aluminium holder displaying the reverse of the encased 1949 Lincoln Wheat cent in the central field, showing ONE CENT / UNITED STATES OF AMERICA inverted as viewed. The surrounding frame bears the merchant name ASKINS in large raised letters across the top arch, with FAMILY CLOTHES and EASY CREDIT flanking the sides, and a three-line advertising legend at the bottom offering $2.00 credit on a $20.00 purchase. |
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