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Garda token?

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  • #2
    Blade
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    AFAIK they were put on keys belonging to a station or guards, so that if they got lost the finder could bring them in and claim their two and six reward. I've seen them before, in fact I have one here somewhere. There doesn't seem to be anything to link them to any particular station. Price is a little high TBH, think I paid about a fiver for mine.


  • #3
    Judgement Day
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    Thanks Blade. An unusual little item all the same but I'll resist the urge. :)


  • #4
    Blade
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    Judgement Day wrote: »
    Thanks Blade. An unusual little item all the same but I'll resist the urge. :)

    Yeah I'd pass on this one, the price plus the bad condition. Like me you probably only came across it cause it was put in the coin section, but I'm sure you'd find them more often in other categories. I've definitely seen a handful of them before so they are not that rare.


  • #5
    whisky_galore
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    What was the need for it? Were gardai inclined to lose their keys in public places or what?


  • #6
    Blade
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    Here's another one...


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  • #7
    braddun
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    if you found a drunk garda that could not find his way home,you with escort him
    home,next day you would bring the keys to the garda station for the reward
    you got more if it was the garda station keys


  • #8
    braddun
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,221 ✭✭✭braddun


    from another site

    IRELAND POLICE (GARDA) HALF CROWN TOKEN.
    This is a reward token to be redeemed for cash at the local Garda (Police) Station. These rewards were given to control the proliferation of cetain wild animals, mainly foxes which were considered a major nuisance to the farming community. These rewards gave rise to the hunting of foxes by people on foot with small dogs as opposed to fox hunting with horse and hounds by "the Gentry".
    These tokens date from the 1940's and their use ceased in the early 1960's. They rarely come up for sale as they were mostly redeemed for cash and not generally available.



    http://www.irish-tokens.co.uk/key.htm


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