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Anyone know what these are???
lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:08:23 PM(UTC)
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i found both of these 2 in a hole in south canterbury, anyone know what these are???? they say kb daries on one side and one pint on the other.

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if pulltabs were gold rings, id be a "trillionaire"
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andy  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:14:27 PM(UTC)
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mabee tokens?
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lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:16:07 PM(UTC)
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yea i think they are tokens but what for??
if pulltabs were gold rings, id be a "trillionaire"
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:23:27 PM(UTC)
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milk tokens
And now....On sandy beaches and muddy soil, rings and coins await my coil!
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:49:54 PM(UTC)
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Does anybody else feel old when milk tokens aren't recognised...... :(
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:52:40 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 6:58:52 PM(UTC)
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Yeah milk tokens, you used to put them in your milk bottle at the gate for the milk man to deliver your milk . If you put money out rascals would pinch it over night and you would not have any fresh milk for breakfast.
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 7:28:13 PM(UTC)
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I remember (just) the white plastic milk tokens very disheartening for the neighborhood kids looking for an easy 50c mixture.

I found an Aussie water token about a month back.
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 7:54:45 PM(UTC)
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water tokens!tight basterds ay haha!
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 8:23:46 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: Guardian Go to Quoted Post
I remember (just) the white plastic milk tokens very disheartening for the neighborhood kids looking for an easy 50c mixture.

I found an Aussie water token about a month back.


And you could get 1 and 2c lollys to so 50c was worth nick,n !
























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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 8:58:05 PM(UTC)
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 9:08:36 PM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: gingerbreadman Go to Quoted Post
And you could get 1 and 2c lollys to so 50c was worth nick,n !



But in gold, rather than inflatable fiat money, the lolly is the same price :)
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lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 9:35:15 PM(UTC)
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you dont need to feel old, im only 16 and cant say i have ever used these in my lifetime lol, thanks for all the help guys :)
if pulltabs were gold rings, id be a "trillionaire"
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 9:40:31 PM(UTC)
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Yeah in the day when the diary guy individually counted out the lollies so $2 of the fizzy 1 lollies was my favorite trick, can still remember the salt&pepper haired man with his bushy mustache. No doubt swearing under his breath at me. Well worth the belly ache
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lachie scarsbrook  
Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 9:44:26 PM(UTC)
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so did they have different tokens for different regions or towns???
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Posted : Tuesday, 28 May 2013 10:20:47 PM(UTC)
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Yup- different designs, markings and even shapes and materials for different areas. The ones I remember were aluminium with a M or something stamped out in the middle of them.

Of course in those days the milk containers were made of glass and the cows weren't. Seems Anchor has got that the wrong way around now...

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Posted : Tuesday, 11 June 2013 12:24:00 PM(UTC)
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those were the days!




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rgmcbrid  
Posted : Monday, 1 July 2013 10:56:41 PM(UTC)
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Damn it Lachie, I have happily thrown away dozens of those things... and they are not copper or brass so they did not go into the scrap buckets. Now I feel like a freaking idiot.
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Posted : Monday, 1 July 2013 11:15:35 PM(UTC)
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They were originally made of copper but then like everything else the quality declined and they issued plastic ones
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Posted : Tuesday, 2 July 2013 11:47:11 AM(UTC)
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They were originally made of copper but then like everything else the quality declined and they issued plastic ones


OH GREAT! NOW I AM STUPID TWICE OVER! Thanks a lot Lammerlaw...
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