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<p>[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 8396763, member: 4910"]Have you seen the little piggies playing in the dirt?</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_gusgoodfood_pig.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Gus' Good Foods Restaurant Chicago Advertising Token - Pig Front and Rear</p><p>Brass, 26mm, 5.61gm</p><p><br /></p><p>Obverse: Face of pig</p><p>GUS' GOOD FOOD MATCHING COIN</p><p>Reverse: Rear of pig</p><p>420 N. DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO DELAWARE 1782 (Telephone number)</p><p><br /></p><p>Gus' Good Food was a Chicago Italian restaurant founded in 1906.</p><p>It was known as the "Bing Bong" Restaurant as the waiter would ring a bell when someone entered.</p><p>It was also "Famous for Steaks and Green Noodles".</p><p>The restaurant closed in 1964.</p><p><br /></p><p>This "pig front and rear" token was probably manufactured in the 1940's.</p><p>There are many varities of these pig tokens issued as advertising tokens.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="willieboyd2, post: 8396763, member: 4910"]Have you seen the little piggies playing in the dirt? [IMG]https://www.brianrxm.com/posts/post_token_gusgoodfood_pig.jpg[/IMG] Gus' Good Foods Restaurant Chicago Advertising Token - Pig Front and Rear Brass, 26mm, 5.61gm Obverse: Face of pig GUS' GOOD FOOD MATCHING COIN Reverse: Rear of pig 420 N. DEARBORN ST., CHICAGO DELAWARE 1782 (Telephone number) Gus' Good Food was a Chicago Italian restaurant founded in 1906. It was known as the "Bing Bong" Restaurant as the waiter would ring a bell when someone entered. It was also "Famous for Steaks and Green Noodles". The restaurant closed in 1964. This "pig front and rear" token was probably manufactured in the 1940's. There are many varities of these pig tokens issued as advertising tokens. :)[/QUOTE]
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