Here's famous Civil War cigar token. The hotel had a gentlemen's lounge here men could smoke cigars, play billiards and catch up on the news of the day with the latest newspapers. This is a scarce token, but most of the examples I have seen were Mint State.
510 Edmond St, St Joseph MO is probably where you want to go to cash it in, although it's a coffee shop now. https://buchananmo.devnetwedge.com/parcel/view/063008003002042000/2025 looks like a great place for a cigar store. I can't find building info there but the subdivision is "original town" so it's likely quite old. I have more important things to do today but I don't want to.
I saw that one first and figured Pittsburgh would be a likely place, but then noticed that it's a house. St Joseph MO seems like a good bet, given the history as a last place to get supplies before heading into the Wild West. Can't start a new life as a sodbuster without some cigars! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph,_Missouri#History Edit - I don't know how that image got attached here. Can't delete it in edit mode? Totally unrelated!
Here's a common 1953 Dutch Masters token, I couldn't find another token I was looking for, but like a lost memory it'll circle around and pop in when I least expect it!
Here are a couple more Civil War tokens which mention cigars. Mr. A. Ludewig offered a "20 Pr Ct Premium" for coppers (cents) on the obverse of his piece. He was a "dealer in tobaco, snuff and cigars" on Liberty Street in Pittsburgh, PA. This token was the plate piece in George and Melvin Fuld's Store Card guide. The dies for this piece were cut by one of my favorite Civil War token die makers, John Marr. His artwork was great, but his son became the more famous artist. This piece recalls that the Native Americans introduced us to tobacco.
These types of tokens mostly circulated locally so most people would be familiar with the establishment at that address. It wasn't necessary to use the name or city although many of them did so. Bruce
