*ID* Token Maverick* PETROSINO'S BILLIARDS GF 25C IN TRADE *(Arizona ???)*

I recently acquired this Maverick PETROSINO'S BILLIARD TOKEN GF 25c In Trade near Sierra Vista, AZ & Tombstone, AZ in Southern Cochise County, AZ. I don't have the resources readily available to ID it. This Maverick Billiard Token is not listed in the Arizona Token Book or New Mexico Token Book. Any help would be appreciated! Possibility it could be from Texas, California, or Mexico???

 

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I have several billiard-related tokens from an establishment in Oregon. If I recall, I think I paid about $5 each for them several years ago. There is no telling what mint produced them because tokens like this were used for all kinds of businesses around the country. Have you tried searching "Good For" tokens?

Chris

 

Try Bob

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I checked around on this one for you stuff, but couldn't find anything. The Token and Medal Society (TAMS) has a huge listing of tokens on their database, but are just now starting to put it on their website, so I don't know if it would be any help to you. They're at www.tokenandmedal.org if you want to check it out. Good luck.

Bruce

 

BRandM, Thanks for checking Bruce. I appreciate your help. AL

 

The problem with mysteries like this is that often the only way to actually identify where they came from (were used) is to check the city directories for every city in the state that you think it may have come from from about 1880 - 1930. That can be dozens or even hundreds of cities for a fifty year period for each state. Then you have the problem of finding the directories. Most libraries disposed of them long ago, book dealers don't usually care about them because they have such a limited resale market, few of them have been digitized or are available on line. Your bet bet for finding them are bibliophiles, or local historical societies. And many of those societies probably wouldn't hang on to them either.