J B Williams G/F 5c Trade Token - Need ID

[Pocket Change]

Maverick token reverse reads: Good For / 52c / in Trade, token is aluminum, 20mm, need city & state.

 

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[Mackaydon]

None of these mavericks seem to be getting ID-ed. Could they be fantasy tokens?

 

[Siegfried Schlagrule]

There are hundreds of token catalogs and at least five major listings of mavericks. To thoroughly research a token could take up to ten hours IF you had access to all of those listings. I don't have the books and if i did have the books I rarely have time for my own token searches. That explains why so few get identified. From my knowledge of tokens and looking at the photo he was asking about and most of the others that he has posted I don't think any of them are counterfeit OR fantasy tokens. All appear genuine. siegfried schlagrule

 

[tokenhead]

Where was it obtained...State?,city??,from there i may be able to find it in one of my token book's(found a j.l.williams/brass frm.Alabama)...,
tokenhead

 

[lastleg]

A friend found a J B Williams token in NE MM several years ago. Will ask
him about it next time he calls. lastleg

 

[idahotokens]

lastleg--and where would "NE MM" be in layman's language? The only guess I have is "northeast Minnesota" if I assume a typo.
John in ID

 

[lastleg]

Pardon for not spelling out New Mexico. I'm under orders not to disclose
the exact location as my buddy still pulls out tokens there. I believe his
was brass. Unless the aluminum token came from the same locality I
wonder if the manufacturer might be J. B. We have also recovered W. T.
King / Clay, KY. / GOOD FOR 10, GOOD FOR 25. GOOD FOR 50 IN
MERCHANDISE tokens where a cabin once stood. He also has found
quite a few $600 saloon tokens nearby. lastleg

 

[Mackaydon]

This obit in 1950 may be referring to 'your' W. T. King.
"Mrs. Lucy Ann KING, 86, formerly of Clay, died at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at her home in Marion following a stroke suffered Saturday. She was the widow of the late W.T. King."
Source: http://boards.ancestry.com/localities.northam.usa.states.kentucky.counties.webster/5173/mb.ashx
Adding further:
W.T. King, May 7, 1866-Sept 30 1945, is buried next to Lucy A. King, Sept 30, 1864-Sept 5, 1950, at I.O.O.F. Cemetery in Clay.
Source: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~kywebste/obits/obits-28.htm

If THIS Mr. King is yours, then the dates of his life may assist in dating your token.
Don........

 

[lastleg]

Thank you, Don. I've always wondered how those Kentucky tokens got to
New Mexico. I forgot I gave one to my sister-in-law whose name is King
years ago. I'm thinking it might have been a higher denomination, maybe
1.00. My grandfather left Kentucky in the 1890's so I have emotional ties
with that state. Lots of ancestors too.
I will turning this info over to my sister and cousin who are into Kentucky
genealogy. Hopefully more later. lastleg