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100) "1785 Centennial Of Dauphin County, Harrisburg.-September-14.15.16.17 1885". Also found in white metal. Very to extremely rare in either metal. Bronze 37.6mm
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101) A second Dauphin County piece. "P. L. Krider Phila." in small lettering below scene. White metal 38.1mm. Probably rare in White metal, Extremely rare in bronze. Usually found holed in white metal.
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102) A third Dauphin County piece. "Firemans Day". Also exists in White metal. Probably extremely rare in either metal. Has the same obverse as Rulau NY-Tr 15. Bronze 34.9mm
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103) "Centennial Anniversary Of Portland, Maine". Interesting coat of arms with fanciful sea creatures. Exists in bronze and white metal. Very rare to extremely rare, perhaps slightly more common in white metal. Bronze 37.7mm
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104) "Providence 250th Anniversary / 1636 June 23-24 1886", Bronze 34mm. This is the only example I have seen in bronze. I have found another in an old Bob Slawsky catalog in white metal that was descibed as looped as made. This one shows no sign of a loop.
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105) "1787 Centennial Anniversary Of The Incorporation Of York, PA. Sep. 24, 1887", Extremely rare in both bronze and white metal. Bronze 37.7mm

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106) "Court House Erected 1883.", "1787. Centennial Of Huntingdon County Huntingdon, PA. September 20.21.22. 1887." White metal 37.6mm. This is the only one of these I have located. Extremely rare.
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107) "Centennial Anniversary Of Allegheny Co. PA. / Held Sep. 24-26 1888", Bronze 37.7mm. Probably very rare in bronze. Possibly slightly more common in white metal, and often holed in that metal.
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108) "250th Anniversary Of The Settlement Of Taunton. Mass." This and another are the only ones I have located, so maybe extremely rare. Have only located it in white metal. This is the plate piece in Rulau. White metal 38mm
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109) "250th Anniversary Of The Settlement Of Haverhill Mass." Extremely rare in bronze, very rare to extremely rare in white metal, often holed. Bronze 37.7mm
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110) "City Of Easton Penna. / Old Court House" "100th Anniversary Of First Meeting Of Burgesses / 1790 May 5th. 1890" Similar to HK618. Have only located in bronze. Possibly extremely rare. Bronze 38mm

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111) "Sesqui-Centennial Bethlehem Pa.", Bronze 38mm. Probably very to extremely rare. I have only located it in bronze.
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112) "Centennial Anniversary Of The Founding Of The City. Of Paterson Held July 3-5 1892". White metal 35.1mm, Often found holed. I have not found it in bronze.
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113) "Nebraska Silver Anniversary / Souvenir", Aluminum 37mm. This piece appears to be rare, and sometimes but not usually holed.
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114) Reverse of HK161. Portrait of Lincoln, "Nebraska Silver Anniversary Souvenir". In tiny lettering: "Childs, Chicago.", Possibly rare to very rare and usually found in Unc condition, Aluminum 37mm, King 461
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115) "Centennial Anniversary Of Lewiston / 1795 Held July 4 1895", White metal 37.9mm. Appears to me to be extremely rare.
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116) "Centennial Anniversary Of Chillicothe, Ohio. / 1796 Held July 20-23 1896", Probably rare, maybe very rare. Copper/Bronze 37.6mm. I have not located it in any other metal.
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117) "Semi-Centennial Of Blair Co. Pa. / Hollidaysburg June 11-12", "Soldiers Monument Blair County Pa." Bronze 38mm, Appears to be very rare. Also exists in white metal and sometimes holed in that metal. Like bronze, also very rare.

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118) "Gen. Moses Cleveland / Founder", "Centennial Anniversary Of Cleveland Ohio", White metal, 37.6mm. This is the only one of these I have found. Extremely rare.
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119) "Sesqui-Centennial Reading Penn....", On ribbon it reads: "Deo Adjuvante Labor Proficit", Bronze 41.8mm. Found in either bronze or white metal, and probably very rare in either metal.
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120) "J.P. McCaskey Mayor Fifty Years A Teacher", "Lan-castra Britannia / Lancaster Pennsylvania / 1730 / 1907", Bronze 34mm. Probably rare, maybe very rare.
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121) Early west coast town anniversary pieces are few and far between. From "Astoria, Oregon / 1811 / 1911", "Souvenir 100th Anniversary Of The First Settlement In The Pacific Northwest By The Astor Expedition", Probably very rare. Brass 36.2mm
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122) "Posey County State Centennial / Robert Dale Owen-Alvin P Hovey", In tiny lettering: "Robbins Co Attleboro", Silver plated 38.1mm. I have seen a few of these over the years. Probably rare to very rare.
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123) "Spencer County Centennial / Lincoln Splitting Rails", Silverplated 38.2mm. probably very rare.
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124) "We Made The Desert Blossom As The Rose", "Union Colony And The City Of Greeley". Copper plated(?) and antiqued 38.1mm. Probably very rare.
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125) "Sedalia, Mo.", "United We Stand Divided We Fall / Salus Populi Suprema Lexesto / MDCCCXX", Aluminum 34.7mm. Rare to very rare.
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126) "Laverty", "Blackman", and "Pe-Wy-Tum" below three figures in tiny lettering. ".....Destined In The Throes Of Civil Strife To Abolish Slavery Vindicate Democracy And Perpetuate The Union". Many with fob or fob removed. Bronze 38.6mm, Probably rare. "W. & H. Co." next to rim in tiny lettering.

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127) "250th Anniversary Of The Purchase Of The Town Of Bedford / 1680-1930", Bronze 33.9mm, This is the only one of these I have located. Extremely rare.
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128) "Diamond Jubilee / St Cloud Minnesota 1856-1931", "John L Wilson", Some sort of white metal/pot metal 33.4mm. Probably very rare.

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129) "La Salle County / Centennial Ottawa 1831-1931". Anitiqued bronze 34.8mm. This is the only one of these I have found, so possibly extremely rare.
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130) "300th Anniversary Of The Coming Of The First White Man / Jean Nicolet". Bronze 37.3mm. This piece has shown up a number of times, but not all that frequently. Probably rare.
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131) In the same style as HK693, but "Burlington" instead of "Beloit". "Greenduck Co. Chicago", Bronze 37.3mm. Probably rare, maybe very rare as are the other two varieties. Look below for the "Kenosha" variety.
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132) In the same style as HK693, but "Kenosha" instead of "Beloit". "Greenduck Co. Chicago", Bronze 37.3mm. Probably rare, maybe very rare as are the other two varieties. Look above for the "Burlington" variety.
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133) "Centennial Texas Souvenir". I am not really sure what is being depicted on the reverse - buildings? Copper 38.1 mm. Found in aluminum, and maybe rare or very rare in that metal. This is the only one I have located in copper.
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134) Another similar to above, this one with "San Antonio" instead of "Houston". Like the one above, this is the only one I have found in copper. I have located a small number of others in catalogs that were described as nickel plated brass, or nickel silver. Copper 38.2mm
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135) "Toledo Centennial / 1837 1937". Gilt brass 34.9mm. I have also found it in nickel. Over all I would maybe call it rare.
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136) "Silver Jubilee Palmerton, Pa.", "Incorporated Oct. 14, 1912", White metal 38.6mm. I bought this last year on ebay and it is the only one I have located. I ended up paying quite a bit for it. Probably extremely rare. "Whitehead-Hoag" in tiny lettering next to rim.
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137) Commemorating the "Town Of Yarmouth / Mattacheese Incorporated 1688" Antiqued copper 35mm, . This is the only one of these I have found. Blank reverse. Extremely rare.
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138) "Pulaski County Centennial 1839-1939 August 14-19", I have found this piece described as gilt and bronze 38.2mm. Probably very rare.
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139) "The One Hundredth Anniversary Of Township Of Hamilton". Bronze 37.8mm. I have found two or three of these in old catalogs, but only one on ebay. Possibly very rare.
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140) "Semicentennial Celebration / Gideon, Missouri / W.P. Anderson Founder". Copper 33.4mm. Probably very rare.
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141) "Jefferson County Sesqui Centennial / Watertown, N.Y.", I have not run across very many of these. I am going to guess rare, maybe very rare. Bronze 38.2mm

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142) From Newton Iowa, "100 Years Of Continuous Growth And Leadership", I have run into a number of these, but not terribly often. Probably weakly rare. Brass 38.2mm
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143) "Minnesota Centennial", "Iron Nickel Virginia, Minn." Aluminum 33.8mm. This piece is quite common. The obverse is found combined with a number of other considerably rarer reverses, some of which may be advertising in nature.
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144) From the "150th Anniversary" of "Hodgenville Kentucky", This is the only one of these I have found, but recently (February 2007) Heritage auctions sold one in gold. Very rare? Silver 36.1mm

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145) "Lord Francis Fauquier H. M. Lt. Governor Of Virginia". This piece appears to be quite rare. Probably very rare. Antiqued copper 33.9mm
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146) "Statehood Year Souvenir Coin", "Good For $1.00 In Trade...", Brass 38.8mm. From Hawaii's 1959 statehood. Relatively common, but is somewhat rarer than it's Alaska counterpart(see below). A variety has the word "Oahu" misspelled "Ohau".
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147) "Alaska The 49th State 1959", "Good For $1.00 In Trade All Year During.....", Brass 38.8mm. Quite common. Personally I believe "good for" tokens can be given so called dollar status as long as they commemorate events that have a "public" signifigance.