small token

[51chevy]

i found this token in some old change. its bout the size of a penny.

is has L.K. smith on the front of it with a number 1 and 7 stars on the bottom

the back says fot trade only Ingle sytem april 7 1914

i was wondering what it was and were it came from.

[Mackaydon]

51 Chevy, Welcome to Treasure Net !!

Your token is from Hazard, Kentucky.
http://tokencatalog.com/token_record...ord_offset=495

The Ingle System was used by Merchants from 1908 to 1919, as a means of offering "Credit" to its customers. Instead of giving cash out they gave these tokens that had different denominations: .01, .05,.10, .25, .50,.$1.00, $5.00 and sometimes $10.00 coins that could only be spent in the Merchants Store.
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[51chevy]

thanks for the info. i have looked for a while to find out were it was was from.
never would have though it would have been from my home town. thanks for
all the help