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<p>[QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 4733174, member: 2100"]It appears that the "token" was actually the obverse dies from two different tokens. Entirely possible as these dies are frequently offered for sale, so someone could have been trying them out on a cent.</p><p><br /></p><p>I am pretty confident the die used on the obverse was a Crystal Club die, as even the large space between the two beads close to the period of ST. matches up.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158440[/ATTACH]</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1158443[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>The other token I do not have a photo for, but I am fairly confident it is from the Smoke Shop in Montesano, Washington. They issued at least 5 varieties of tokens. Obverse lettering for that token is: SMOKE SHOP / MONTESANO / WASH. (Some varieties have WN.). Reverse lettering is: GOOD FOR / 5¢ (or 10¢ or 50¢) / IN TRADE[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="cwtokenman, post: 4733174, member: 2100"]It appears that the "token" was actually the obverse dies from two different tokens. Entirely possible as these dies are frequently offered for sale, so someone could have been trying them out on a cent. I am pretty confident the die used on the obverse was a Crystal Club die, as even the large space between the two beads close to the period of ST. matches up. [ATTACH=full]1158440[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1158443[/ATTACH] The other token I do not have a photo for, but I am fairly confident it is from the Smoke Shop in Montesano, Washington. They issued at least 5 varieties of tokens. Obverse lettering for that token is: SMOKE SHOP / MONTESANO / WASH. (Some varieties have WN.). Reverse lettering is: GOOD FOR / 5¢ (or 10¢ or 50¢) / IN TRADE[/QUOTE]
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