Exonamia collecting is a very fast growing area of collecting. By definition exonamia collecting encompasses a wide of collectible item such as tokens, medal, badges and conter stamps.
By stict definition it does not include coins and paper money that have bee legal tender. In fact the term Exonamia is defined from the Greek meaning oustide of coins. The term Exonamia can be interchanged with the term paranumismatica, which is more commonly used in the U.
In fact many exonamia or paranumismatica items were used when currency was not available or as a substitue for currency at some point in the past..
Regardless of the defintion this site deals with anything that could broadly fit into either of these collectible categories, beit Good for tokens, or company shop vouchers or tokens.
Typically catalogs of tokens are organized by location, time period and/or type of item. Historically the need for tokens grew out of the need for currency. In America some tokens legally circulated alongside or instead of currency up until recently. Hard Times Tokens and Civil War Tokens each were the size of the contemporary cent. Afterwards, value based items, such as Good For (amount of money), Good For one quart of Milk, Good For one beer, Good For one ride… and others were specifically linked to commerce of the store or place of issue.
We have attempted to bring together the widest range of articles and Exonamia items for sale or resale.