Berkeley California Herbert Jones Men's Furnishings Token Brass, 31 mm, 9.19 gm Obverse: GOOD FOR 5 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR OF HATS, SHIRTS AND MEN'S FURNISHINGS BOUGHT OF HERBERT JONES 2308 TELEGRAPH OR 2114 CENTER BERKELEY, CAL. WHEN PRESENTED SINGLY Reverse: In the center a left facing large swastika, in the arms of the swastika a four-leaf clover, wishbone, horseshoe, and runes. (The direction of the arms of the swastika is meaningless for these items) MEMBERSHIP EMBLEM OF THE DONT WORRY CLUB GOOD LUCK Herbert Jones Men's Furnishings were Berkeley men's clothing stores located in Berkeley near the University of California. The stores were in business from around 1909 into the 1930's.
Great token. I just did a thread on one similar to this with the reverse being the same. Love it. Know I know there’s more than one style.
Gary Patterson (1939-2017) had a collection of Good Luck Swastika tokens with over than 1600 pieces and wrote a book on these tokens. His collection was sold and I bought the Herbert Jones token as I used to live in Berkeley.
Here's a couple good for tokens from metal detecting. Chas B Popp Bar and saloon from 1905 to 1908. This 1600 was found within a block from the last one. I can't find any information on the 1600.
I love finding token when metal detecting. Here are a few of my favorites (check out the brothel token)
