Sylvania Doubloons - redeem for your favorite bottles!

[Opcom]

here I got some genuine Sylvania funny money from the old days.. Don't spend it all in one place, er.. well, you have to spend it all in one place! Wholesale Electronics in Dallas. Anyone else recall this sort of item?

[WB3JOK]

No, never seen those before and I've been playing with electronic "stuff" since the late 60's. Just how old are they??

I do have a refund certificate from Poly Paks for $0.03 though 

[Detroit47]

That made me thinks about Top Value stamps, S&H Green stamps......and cigarette coupons.
73 N8QPC

[WBear2GCR]

Heck, makes me want to mint my own money - it is legal!

                   Mmmm... "today the Ursa hit a new high causing the dollar to drop..."

                        _-_-bear 

[Jeff W9GY]

So if you saved up enough cigarette cupons, you could redeem them for an iron lung!

[Opcom]

The guy that found a box of them thinks they are from the 1960's or 1970's. It was found while going through all the junk when Wholesale Electronics Co. closed earlier this year. Maybe there is a notice of this promotion in a trade rag but I've never seen them before either.

[WA3VJB]

I haven't seen the doubloons, either, very cool !

My wife Pam was collecting porcelain insulators for a while.
She would cruise the flemarket aisles with me and pick through the parts bins.

One interesting type she found is marked RADIO.

Just seemed cool, so we bought like, 5 /$1 and put them in the jar.

Ever seen them ?

[Opcom]

not seen that ever, with "Radio" on it, but for porcelain somewhere I have an old RCA ashtray with a triode symbol in it. I do not dare to smoke with that!