GREEN RIVER WISKEY

[trk5capt]

Found This Token A While Back At One Of My CW Sites, Thanks For Looking. trk5capt...

 

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[Will_detect4food]

nice old relic, looks to be in good condition too

 

[Boobydoo]

Very nice and unique old token you found there trk,
Thanks for sharing this beauty.

Smiles!
BDoo

 

[PBK]

Good one! In addition to being an advertising token, it has also been listed as a magician's token: used to perform tricks, tossed into the audience as souvenirs, etc. Here's a page with some other interesting Green River whiskey items and info:

http://www.greenriverwhiskey.com/

 

[Gypsy Heart]

Very nice find and in great shape also! Good Job!

 

[Ricky1601 aka pull tab king]

TRK5CAPT. cool find and hh.......PBK, thanks for the info, i have the 1907 watch fob. found on an old farm in halfmoon bay ca.

 

[idahotokens]

I have always thought that the Green River Whiskey piece was a bottle hanger - the manufacturer hung the token on a string or wire around the neck of the whiskey bottle. Since things like this are seldom thrown away, they figured it would be carried around as a pocket piece. The company would get advertisement value out of the piece for years. There is a Willow Calf Shoe piece that was used similarly, only it was tied to the laces of a new pair of shoes.

Others have theorized that the Green River piece was given out by the whiskey distributor and was good for a shot of the stuff at a bar that carried it. Another advertising scheme, but since most (if not all) are holed, I think the bottle hanger theory is better.

John in ID

 

[Leon]

Nice looking token, Congrats!
The bullets are niice too..
Good luck, & Happy huntingg~