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THE CEYLON TOKEN OF A.E. SCHMIDT CO.Kavan Ratnatunga of Sri Lanka writes:The A. E. Schmidt Co, St Louis Mo even appears on a Ceylon Mn token. Thanks. Here's the first token we discussed with the A. E. Schmidt and Co mark, followed by the aluminum Ceylon, Minnesota piece and commentary from Kavan's web site. -Editor  Randsburg District Fire Co. Kern County, CA   CEYLON POST 529 token, Ceylon, MN Obverse: Good For around 35¢ at center with CEYLON POST 529 above and IN TRADE below incuse along the periphery. Reverse: A.E.SCHMIDT & CO around ST LOUIS MO. in 3-lines relief at center. A.E.Schmidt & Co. is the token maker from St. Louis, Missouri. The Ernest G. Nassen Legion Post organized in 1920. They built the pavilion for their legion meeting hall. and later turned it over to the to the village of Ceylon. 1966 October 29, Shelton Gunaratne, on a World Press Institute fellowship at Macalester College, St. Paul had a friend from the Twin Cities bring him to Ceylon. He had discovered that his native island of Ceylon had a namesake in Minnesota. He met MN Senator Walter F. Mondale at Worthington's Turkey Days this fall. Gunaratne said of that meeting: When I told Senator Mondale that I was born in Ceylon, Senator Mondale said he was born in Ceylon, and soon discovered we were talking about two different places. When I saw the first token I didn't realize "St. Louis" was the location of the token maker, not the issuer. And this one reminds us that the place of issue can be ambiguous as well and may require some research to pin down. After all, local tokens were meant for local use, and everyone encountering them at the time knew exactly what was meant. Decades later in numismatic circles, not so much. -Editor To read the complete page on Kavan's web site, see: To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see: THE BOOK BAZARREWayne Homren, Editor The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org. To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum All Rights Reserved. NBS Home Page Contact the NBS webmaster 
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