Rathskeller 2 1/2 cent trade token. Looking for info

[detectorben]

Found this trade token today with my equinox but I can't seem to find anything on it. There is one 25 cent version listed on token website but no photos. Anyone have any more info on this and approximate time period these were used? Thanks!

 

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[lairmo]

Cool token!! May check the token catalog online for more info.

 

[detectorben]

Cool token!! May check the token catalog online for more info.

Thanks! I checked the token catalog and this variety was not listed.

 

[Mackaydon]

Rathskeller is listed as a restaurant in the 1940 Omaha phone book.
http://nebraskaccess.nebraska.gov/1940census/Omaha/R.pdf
Don......

 

[Rnkrsh]

Very good detective work.

 

[Mackaydon]

Thanks. In the same phone book you can also see it listed as "Tas-Tee Shop Rathskeller" at the same address.
Don.......

 

[detectorben]

I did see that phone book page. Couldn't find any info on the restaurant. Also 1940 seems way to modern for a 2 1/2 cent trade token don't you think??

 

[vpnavy]

Very good detective work.

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[idahotokens]

Your token is listed (along with 5¢ and 25¢ denominations) in the NETCC Nebraska Trade Tokens book. The book suggests the business was going ca. 1944. No, that is not too new for a 2½¢ token - that denomination was used primarily in pool halls into the 1950s. Please post your pics on tokencatalog.com
John in the Great 208

 

[detectorben]

Your token is listed (along with 5¢ and 25¢ denominations) in the NETCC Nebraska Trade Tokens book. The book suggests the business was going ca. 1944. No, that is not too new for a 2½¢ token - that denomination was used primarily in pool halls into the 1950s. Please post your pics on tokencatalog.com
John in the Great 208

Thanks for the info. I don't know how to post pics there but I will look into it.

Seems odd to me that anyone would use a 2 1/2 cent trade token in 1950 when a single beer cost around $0.65 lol. That token would be worth like one sip!

 

[cudamark]

Was beer really that expensive in 1950 Nebraska? My local bar was still serving $.25 draft beers in 1980. I remember $.10 beers on base in the '70's. Just 3.2 stuff, but, hey.....it was a beer!

 

[detectorben]

Was beer really that expensive in 1950 Nebraska? My local bar was still serving $.25 draft beers in 1980. I remember $.10 beers on base in the '70's. Just 3.2 stuff, but, hey.....it was a beer!

Lol not really sure as I was born in 1980. O googled average price of a beer at that time and that's what I got. I will have to look at some old newspapers from the time in the archives and see what I can find. I am curious now what the actual costs where here.

 

[trdking]

It would be tough to redeem it with no 1/2 pennies. But it could have been a teaser where they rounded it up or down. Definitely odd

 

[idahotokens]

The 2½¢ denomination was often used in pool halls where it cost 2 cues for a nickel to play.
John