Just dug this token, and the research is going nowhere. Brass, size of a nickel, uniface. But the bird has got me stumped.
Been hitting the Denver Business Directories, tried duck, goose, geese, bird, Byrd, drunken duck, etc. Any suggestions for names for the hotel would be appreciated.
Carl
Thinking it's a good for 10 cents at a bar located in the hotel.
Some older Denver tokens will just have the number, with no markings for the "cents".
Thanks for all the input, this one will be solved.
Carl
Seems to me that on one of my small town journeys thru Colorado, I remember seeing an old hotel called the Mallard Hotel .. seems like maybe it was in Leadville or Silverton .. but I don't remember for sure. Don't have any idea if that token is related or not, and my initial Google search isn't turning up anything. I will keep looking.
Very neat old token though .. best of luck with an ID.
“It is best as one grows older to strip oneself of possessions, to shed oneself downward like a tree, to be almost wholly earth before one dies.”
Even though it has a numerical number, it would seem to me that a token would be 2 sided. Could it be a tag that was attached to something? Any glue on the backside? How thick is it?
Even though it has a numerical number, it would seem to me that a token would be 2 sided. Could it be a tag that was attached to something? Any glue on the backside? How thick is it?
The numerical number is most likely for the amount of ten cents.
Also, many of the 1880-1890 Colorado tokens can be found having only one side.
Did like the idea that it could be a Hotel Ten, but based on other tokens found here, still thinking that it's for a monetary amount.
And still driving me crazy.
Carl
I've looked through some online databases and haven't find a good hit yet. Just passing along this blurb because I thought it was funny and also because of the "go West" comment From a Cambridge, Ohio newspaper 1875.
I've looked through some online databases and haven't find a good hit yet. Just passing along this blurb because I thought it was funny and also because of the "go West" comment From a Cambridge, Ohio newspaper 1875.
I'll look some more ...
Thank you, that's a new one to check.
Did not realize how many almost common expressions have birds referenced.
Will look that up, as well as Spruce Goose, and a few others that I've written down.
The hunt is still on!
Carl
Even though it has a numerical number, it would seem to me that a token would be 2 sided. Could it be a tag that was attached to something? Any glue on the backside? How thick is it?
The numerical number is most likely for the amount of ten cents.
Also, many of the 1880-1890 Colorado tokens can be found having only one side.
Did like the idea that it could be a Hotel Ten, but based on other tokens found here, still thinking that it's for a monetary amount.
And still driving me crazy.
Carl
OK thanks. So the back is completely blank no design or markings of any sort? Also is it safe to assume its thick enough to be a token? Just want to be sure its not a tag. Is it stamped or cast?
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...nice find 
Originally Posted by texastee2007
From a Cambridge, Ohio newspaper 1875.
