The E-Sylum:  Volume 5, Number 27, June 30, 2002, Article 6

ALASKAN BINGLE TOKENS

  Coincidentally, on my desk there happens to be a copy of
  a 1955 pamphlet published by the Alaska Rural Rehabilitation
  Corporation (ARRC). Titled "20 Years of Progress in the
  Matanuska Valley, Alaska," it includes an article about the
  ARRC "Bingle" tokens.  It pictures eight different denominations
  of the tokens, but doesn't shed much light on their origins.
  "The 'Bingles' were only in use about six months in the winter
  of 1935-36 when they were called in... No one seems certain
  where the name came from... Perhaps it was more than a
  coincidence that one of the foremost and best loved preachers
  in the valley at that time was also named Bingle."

  After asking Ron about it, he replied: "I've seen the pamphlet
  but don't own one.  The Alaskans use the term bingle for all
  the tokens, not just the ARRC tokens.  And the term appears
  to predate the 1935 ARRC issue."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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