a quick look at an old bar location

[yellerstang]

I hit an old bar room parking lot today, found a 1917 wheatie, a 1974 penny, and a token. Gotta go back...

Jess in Pa.

 

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[ncsilverspider]

That's a cool token! Does it say "Shanook, Org." on the bottom?

 

[Tuberale]

That is a cool token! Could we get more pics of just that?

 

[idahotokens]

Nice find! Aqua's PA Merchant Tokens book shows it as: Glessic / & / Oravec / Shamokin, PA. // GF / 5¢ / IT but yours looks to me to read Glessis. Which is it?
John in ID

 

[TommNJ]

Nice wheatie and Token!

TommNJ

 

[yellerstang]

Nice find! Aqua's PA Merchant Tokens book shows it as: Glessic / & / Oravec / Shamokin, PA. // GF / 5¢ / IT but yours looks to me to read Glessis. Which is it?
John in ID

Its Gessic and Oravec Shamokin, Pa. 5 cents !! You got it right. So, who were Gessic and Oravec? Bar? Store?

Jess in Pa.

 

[yellerstang]

That is a cool token! Could we get more pics of just that?

I will see if I can clean it up a little and get you a better pic.

Jess

 

[idahotokens]

The Aqua book doesn't list what or when the business was, but it looks like a cigar store or pool hall token to me. How about posting it to www.tokencatalog.com or I can do it for you if you'd like.
John in ID

 

[DougF]

Nice finds - Looks like Gessig to me, and there are also Gessigs listed in Shamokin in 1910 and 1920. They are listed as coal miners, though (?). Maybe they had a bar as a side business. Or they opened the bar later.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Very nice scallop, it's been way too long finding one of those out here.
Kudos,
Carl

 

[CoilFisher]

Nice token!