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The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 26, June 22, 2014, Article 14

ODD TRADE TOKEN DENOMINATIONS

Last week, Dave Schenkman and I asked, "Who's sharp enough to tell us who issued these odd denomination tokens?" -Editor

Trade Token 1 1-2 cents Trade Token 7 cents

Trade Token 12 cents Trade Token 65 cents

Pete Smith writes:

Why am I still up at 2:00 in the morning? Because I have been looking through my token collection for pieces that match your pictures in The E-Sylum. Here is what I found:

  • (1.5 cents) John W. Taylor, Hallwood, VA.
  • (7 cents) Hoffman Auto Stores Inc. 518 W. Broad (Richmond, VA)
  • (12 cents) is a Brunswick Balke Collender piece for Fort Wingate, NM.
  • (65 cents) House Marefas 411 Sansome (San Francisco CA)

There is the possibility that any of these dies may have been matched with more than one obverse.

Great token collection! Duane Feisel was quicker on the trigger and first to respond. -Editor

Duane writes:

Almost too easy!

  • 1½ Cts. – J.W. Tailor, Hallwood, VA
  • 7¢ -- Huffman Auto Store, Richmond, VA
  • 12¢ -- W.F.M., Fort Wingate, NM
  • 65¢ -- House of Marefos, San Francisco, CA

Dave Schenkman sent in the images of the token obverses. Here are the full attributions. -Editor

Trade Token 1 1-2 cents obverse Trade Token 1 1-2 cents
(1.5 cents) John W. Taylor, Hallwood, VA.

Trade Token 7 cents obverse Trade Token 7 cents
(7 cents) Huffman Auto Store Inc. 518 W. Broad (Richmond, VA)

Trade Token 12 cents obverse Trade Token 12 cents
(12 cents) Brunswick Balke Collender Company, W.F.M. (William F McLaughlin) (Fort Wingate, NM).

Trade Token 65 cents obverse Trade Token 65 cents
(65 cents) House Marefos 411 Sansome (San Francisco CA)

Trade Token 1 2-3 cents Pete and Duane were right on the money, although each had some misspellings. Rich Hartzog got three of four, attributing the 7 cent token to The Midway S.T. Moss, Lowell, AZ. But as Pete noted, the die may have been matched with more than one obverse.

But first, Dave has one more QUICK QUIZ: who issued this 1 2/3 cent token? Remember, Dave will give a talk titled “Collecting by the Numbers; A Look at Trade Token Denominations” on Friday, June 27, at 1 PM in room 301 at the Whitman Baltimore Coin Expo. -Editor

To read the earlier E-Sylum article, see: WAYNE'S NUMISMATIC DIARY: JUNE 15, 2014 (www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n25a09.html)

Wayne Homren, Editor

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