Dear youngster:

Back in the Dark Ages (circa 1960) there were coin-operated machines
nearly everywhere that would make such imprinted "pocket pieces" in
exactly the form you report. The letters would be punched into the
token by a machine not unlike an Addressograph plate imprinter, but
then you wouldn't remember them, either.



At 11:46 AM -0700 5/30/02, Stephanie Nutt wrote:
>We have an artifact in our collection I am hoping someone out there can
>help us identify.  It is a circular token of sorts, about the size of a
>half dollar, made of a light weight metal -- probably aluminum.  It has a
>cut out star in the center with an American flag on one side of the star
>and a four leaf clover on the other side with the words GOOD LUCK around
>the clover.  The side of the token with the flag also says LEE & FRANCES
>FT. HOOD TEXAS around the edge of the token.  We know it was manufactured
>after 1953, because that is the date Camp Hood became a permanent facility
>and was renamed Fort Hood.  It looks like it might be some sort of token
>given out for a wedding or similar occasion.  I can provide a digital image
>if anyone wants to see it.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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