Wehrmacht tokens from The Channel Islands

I have a shoe box full of these tokens that are from the Channel Islands, Jersey Island, St. Hellier,
they appear to be tokens for use in place of money and are designated for certain places, the one on the left is for 3 RM for use at the Soldaten Heim or Soldier's home, the one in the middle is for the Forum cinema,.
in the box full that I have there are triangular ones as well. They appear to be copper

 

Wow!!!! Have you looked those up in the coin catalogs? I bet those are worth quite a bit! I'm sure the Channel Islands did not mint too many.

 

there fantasy coins nj...All these tokens are fakes and were produced in California during the 1970s.

Al Zalka, Chairman of the Committee Against Copies Fakes and Fantasies,
wrote an interesting article in the
April 1984 Tokens and Medal Society Journal titled
"Jersey Isles Fakes". I found these posts on them, hope this helps, ray..

Jersey Barracks Token - Wehrmacht-Awards.com Militaria Forums

 

That bites! as they looked cool even though they would be in an area I wouldnt collect.

 

fakes for everything carl, they do look right, but are not...

 

Hi Ray, sadly, yup. Even Hindenburg Crosses were heavily faked many years ago and when they were worth nothing.

 

when they're worth nothing? thats the time to buy..lol

 

guernsey and sark too... Guernsey Tokens, including spurious occupation tokens

 

well that explains why someone gave them to me for free! I always wondered about them because they are brass and I would have thought that the metal would have not be used to make these tokens as it would have been needed for the war effort.

I just found this box of tokens in the back of my closet over the weekend and remembered that my uncle had given them to me for nothing and I had totally forgot I had even had them. I guess he knew they were fake cause he gave them away to me for free.

My uncle (a vietam vet) has been a huge german memorabilia collector since the mid 1960's. I also had quite a collection of german medals in the 70s and early 80s that I sold to help pay for my college. I remember when I could get a IK 1st class for $30!!! Back in the early 70s

thanks for the site for reference and I am glad they were free now that I see why they were free.

cheers
Lacy

 

pleasure lacy, your very welcome, ray..

 

Looked nice, too bad they are fakes. You learn something new every day...

 

Heh heh, I did. Four for $5 bucks. I wound up giving them all away and dont regret it. Two were even maker-marked by C.E. Junker.