Strange Token and new member introduction

Hello folks. I just registered today and just recently got into to metal detecting so first of all "Hi", glad to be part of the forum. 

Now as to why I posted this in the token section. I recently recovered a token and I am unable to find a perfect match to it in any research I do. The strange part is I have found matches to each side of the token but each side appears to be from a different token all together.

On one side is a typical "Red Goose Shoes" token that says "For Boys For Girls" and "Half the fun of having feet" .. All examples of this I can find on the internet say the opposite side should have some type of monetary value listed. Mine does not. Another interesting point to mention is all the "Red Goose Shoes" tokens I have seen have an embroidery around the edge and mind does not have this.

The opposite side says "9th President USA", "1841 Died", Wm Henry Harrison" with a portrait of the president in the middle. All tokens I have found that have this face have a little fact sheet on the back of them briefly explaining that presidents presidency. Mine does not have that as it has the "Red Goose Shoes" on the opposite side.

My question is, has anyone encountered a token like this? Did the same company stamp both these tokens and possibly make a mistake on this one? What time frame were these made and does anyone have any insight as to it's rarity and possible value of it? Any help is appreciated.

I am attempting to attach some images of it. The token is aluminum and every example I found of the presidential series was a harder metal, copper, bronze perhaps? It has some oxidation and I am hoping the pictures turn out well enough for you to see the detail. Is there any safe way to remove the oxidation but not hurt the value of it?

Pictures are too big for the forum I think so uploaded them to my photobucket account



For the record .. I am officially hooked on  Your posts encourage me to get back out there and I got blisters on my hand digging this past weekend


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Thanks Mona
Further research suggests the presidential side is from old Readers Digest tokens? But the date is in a different spot than the examples I have seen.

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Thanks for the welcome Pa I'm finding that its more fun to figure out what you have found then actually finding it. I guess you all know that already but on this one all roads are leading to dead ends.

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Yeah I have been looking for the past two days at websites and can never find anything. I find stuff on each side but never a cross of the two which gets me thinking the same company manufactured both of the styles but made a mistake on this one. *Shrug*

I dont have a book on tokens as I am just getting into the hobby. I guess I am hoping someone else has some information that can lead me in the right direction.

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Ok thanks BA. Originally that's what I had thought. I figured I would find it on ebay selling for a buck and that would be that but given the 100's of "coupon" tokens that I found without being able to find a presidential one I thought something might be amiss.

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