What is this?

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  1. Geod

    Geod Member

    Can anyone identify this coin? Is it a token? Token maybe1.jpg Token Maybe2.jpg
     
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  3. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

  4. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    Possibly something made by Westair Reproductions Ltd. They seem to focus on reproductions but maybe they used to make vending token type stuff.
    https://westair.co.uk/
     
  5. BRandM

    BRandM Counterstamp Collector

    It might be an employee cafeteria token. It has so many possibilities though that I'm just guessing.

    Bruce
     
  6. Mr. Numismatist

    Mr. Numismatist Strawberry Token Enthusiast

    It's a token. Listed on TokenCatalog as TC-498313, but it's unattributed :meh: (unknown what it is or where it came from). https://www.tokencatalog.com/token_...=374929&attribution_id=514027&record_offset=0

    I recognize the 10¢ reverse (the side with the ornaments and 10). It was made by John F. W. Dorman, the owner of Dorman's Stencil and Stamp Works, Baltimore, MD. Dorman made many tokens for merchants and canneries in and around Baltimore.

    I wish I could be of more help, but this isn't my area of token collecting focus.


    Here's what I know.
    1. It was struck in Baltimore, probably for a business no more than 1 state away.
    2. It's good for 10 cents. Either to buy something, or to pay a worker for their labor.
    3. It was made sometime before 1900.
     
  7. derkerlegand

    derkerlegand Well-Known Member

    ;)I don't know, but I see a Denver mint mark!
     
    Last edited: Jan 8, 2025
  8. Collecting Nut

    Collecting Nut Borderline Hoarder

    Definitely a token.
     
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  9. SensibleSal66

    SensibleSal66 U.S Casual Collector / Error Collector

    Could it be a "D" for.... DIME? biggrin.gif
     
  10. willieboyd2

    willieboyd2 First Class Poster

    There is no period after the 'C' so it could be:
    W. R. L. Company

    :)
     
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  11. Mr. Numismatist

    Mr. Numismatist Strawberry Token Enthusiast

    I forgot to mention this because it's become so obvious to me after looking at dozens of similar tokens.

    W. R. L. Co. = (Owner's Initials) Company.
     
  12. KBBPLL

    KBBPLL Well-Known Member

    I searched for W.R.L. Company and got nothing. I tried Wilmington Rail Line but nothing there either. Some things are lost to history I suppose.
     
  13. jmon

    jmon Numismatist In Training

  14. Pickin and Grinin

    Pickin and Grinin Well-Known Member

    It may have to do with an old mining company. A lot of these company's would pay their workers in tokens only to be spent at a company owned store.
     
  15. Geod

    Geod Member


    Thanks Mr. Numismatist. That's a LOT more info than I had before!
     
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