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Jetons: Their Use and History (1986) (chicagocoinclub.org)
29 points by prox on Dec 30, 2020 | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments



I don't know if it's related but "jeton" is the Turkish word for those coins you use to board the ferry or pay the toll for anything. I think it's originally French.


It is indeed a French word


Reminded me of the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) tokens [1].

Used to be the way to pay fare on trains. Nicely designed, though too easy to confuse for a dime (10cents) in a pile of coins.

[1]: https://www.wbez.org/stories/what-the-l-happened-to-cta-toke...


I was disappointed that Mardi Gras Doubloons only date back to 1960 and don't link all the way back to these: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mardi_Gras_Doubloons


Sadly, kept reading as "Jetsons". I suspect this mis-read is correlated with age of the reader. On the positive side, learned something new about something old from parent.




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