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found metal detecting in Alabama
but can't find any store with this name

 

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Could be a saloon change token, for a tall draft. The idea was you were more likely to have another with the token rather than money. But they would give real money if asked. Probably charged the 1/2¢ for the exchange fee

 

Even when I was 18 a big mug of beer was a Dime but you could be right.
As I can't find anything about this one. 1900 - 1946 12 1/2 cents could buy a lot.
Yeah tokens were many.hex this could be from anywhere???

 

Jello;

What were the closest towns to where you found this. A search in the town's records might show a business under this name. I tried checking under just Alabama but no such luck. I even tried tokens from the late 1800's but nothing there either.

 

Huntsville Alabama is were I found it. Someone said it could be from one of the WWII intermittent camps but Google that too will same thing. It's got be one coal or cotton towns where worker's where paid with this I guess

 

(Thanks Jello for responding. In the meantime I thought I would post this). You need some luck when saving and playing with casino chips, which is sort of my combined hobby along with U.S. currency. I had the good fortune of finding original artwork from Paulson Mfg. who supplied many Las Vegas casinos with their gaming chips. My home base was always the Tropicana for about 30+ years before I ventured out and tried others. This artwork pertains to the Tropicana and relates to a special four chip edition developed for the 1998 winter Olympics. I have never seen original artwork for sale by Paulson or the casinos. I was able to purchase this last year. This year I was able to find, from other sources, the four chip designs made to complement the entire story behind their issue. Originally only two events were to be shown but it was decided to increase it to four events but cut the quantities in half. The four are: speed skating, ski jumping, boxing and slalom. . Since only 500 of each piece was produced, to find them all is unusual, and to group them with the original artwork; extremely lucky. Consider the different sources, the time frames involved and being from my home base casino; I can't imagine attaching a value to them. As a current ad saying goes: "Priceless".

 

@saltysam-1 nice yes priceless!

 

Nice token jello! Looks like a saloon or restaurant token, but I couldn't find anything out about a Ben Bader. I tried different types of businesses and attached it to Ben Bader, Bader's, Ben Bader's, etc. No luck I'm afraid.

I'm disappointed in you Jack...you know I was looking. Swung for the fences, but whiffed instead. Geez, I hate when that happens!

Bruce

 

Thanks @BRandM
I am think it was something like a company store within a coal mining living housing camp or Cotton mills Huntsville Alabama has 4 sites biggest is Lowe Mill.
factory today is a Artist shops and museum of types. But still no information about token.

 

I'm going to look a bit more jello. I'll get back to you if ZI find anything. I still think it's a private token though and not a company store, but who knows.

Bruce

 

Ok.
I am just going on things folks told me here and Google.

 

From what I know about the "company store" no matter what the product, coal lumber, etc. They all had some identifier as store #,location, mill or camp # on the script. This was to indicate if the party was shopping some place other than were the company wanted. They tried not to exchange script with cash at saloons, stores or entrainment houses. That weren't owned and operated by the company. As in the Michigan lumber camps.
I still think it was a saloon or other local establishment.

 

I agree it's something that was somewhere in north Alabama maybe Tennessee but record of this one is the problem.

 

The local business directories, from the library or state lending or university libraries. From the appropriate time period are often the only source for attribution of a local business. But as your example shows not even a state it may be one of those that you can never nail down.

 

Here is my recent purchace(s) of CWT's...I'm thinking of having the Washington/New York graded as it is beautiful!!! And i picked up the 1829 1/2 dime(disme)for a mere $4.00!!! Not the greatest shape but hey 4 bucks!!! HAPPY HUNTING EVERYONE!!!

 

Jello;

Have you tried researching back to the early and mid 1800's? Half cents were available then to make change for this token. Just a guess on my part.

 

That's one of the things that has me stumped too Sam...the 12 1/2 Cent denomination. This token looks much too modern to have such an odd value. I'd expect 5, 10, 25 or something like that. It looks to me to be early to mid 1900s, possibly a little older.
BTW, Sam, I love your casino chip. If I had a little more to spend and fewer interests, I'd probably start a collection of them. Very, very nice!

Bruce

 

Love the CWTs ddollard, especially the store card. I was always partial to them over the patriotics, but collected both series. Do you have any more info on them...Fuld #, rarity, etc? Great Half Dime too. Another series of U.S. that I used to collect.

Bruce

 

Is it the shape or overall condition that makes you think it looks too modern?

@saltysam-1 was very helpful when I was looking at a chip from McGuire. Though I don't specifically collect chips, I do like seeing them!