One Awesome Coast Guard Summer (Picture Heavy)

OLS · 07-22-2012, 09:24 AM

This was....wait, first thank you, and back to the doubloon. At Mardi Gras, the throws used to be a combination
of beads, which ranged from czech glass beads (necklaces) and plastic necklaces from Taiwan, trinkets which
are just more plastic toys from the far east, squirt guns, back scratchers, junk toys, and lastly doubloons. These
are silver and occasionally varied color aluminum coins with the Carnival krewe's logo on one side and parade theme
on the other side. They would throw many hundreds of thousands over the weeks of Mardi Gras and while they
are similar to challenge coins, they are much cheaper and lighter. The coin I have was likely produced JUST for
Mardi Gras, and there would likely have been another doubloon produced for the bicentennial celebration
in 1976. I think challenge coins are much more expensive to produce and "mean much more" to the people that
give them out to others. ALL that said, thanks for your thoughts and your service and the best of luck to you
in your career. If that coin exchange takes place, I would keep it with my doubloon collection which is already
two generations old. That's not much, but one day it will be a neat historical record. Thanks again.

07-22-2012, 09:24 AM	#36
OLS Suck It Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Brad Location: TN Posts: 7,912 Trading: (19)	Re: One Awesome Coast Guard Summer (Picture Heavy) This was....wait, first thank you, and back to the doubloon. At Mardi Gras, the throws used to be a combination of beads, which ranged from czech glass beads (necklaces) and plastic necklaces from Taiwan, trinkets which are just more plastic toys from the far east, squirt guns, back scratchers, junk toys, and lastly doubloons. These are silver and occasionally varied color aluminum coins with the Carnival krewe's logo on one side and parade theme on the other side. They would throw many hundreds of thousands over the weeks of Mardi Gras and while they are similar to challenge coins, they are much cheaper and lighter. The coin I have was likely produced JUST for Mardi Gras, and there would likely have been another doubloon produced for the bicentennial celebration in 1976. I think challenge coins are much more expensive to produce and "mean much more" to the people that give them out to others. ALL that said, thanks for your thoughts and your service and the best of luck to you in your career. If that coin exchange takes place, I would keep it with my doubloon collection which is already two generations old. That's not much, but one day it will be a neat historical record. Thanks again.