Two in one Lot today. F.X. Kreiling Bar & Bud's Place (St. Paul, MN)

[Iron Buzz]

I really like the F.X. Kreiling one! Can't find any information on it, though.




I did find the other one on tokenscatalog.com, but no idea of the period. It says "Good for one free game" but does that mean video arcade, pool, or other?

 

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[Loco-Digger]

Congrats on digging history. Tokens are keepers in my eyes.

 

[Iron Buzz]

Congrats on digging history. Tokens are keepers in my eyes.

I most definitely would agree with you there! Coins are nice, but tokens (and other similar artifacts) usually have a much more interesting story to go with them. Take a Barber quarter and a F.X Kreilling token to a club meeting and the Barber will elicit a "Cool, nice coin", but folks will pick up the token, study both sides, hold it up to the light, and show it to their friends.

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Sweet, sweet, tokens!
Carl

 

[SD51]

Iron Buzz, check this out;

https://www.reddit.com/r/metaldetec...day_fx_kreiling_token_good_for_5c_at_the_bar/

 

[SD51]

Sorry, looks like your post on another forum...

 

[Iron Buzz]

Sorry, looks like your post on another forum...

Haha! Yeah, you busted my cover. But that's OK... I hadn't seen yet that somebody had an answer! That's great!

Frank X. Kreiling 1869-1949. Lived Chippewa Falls WI in 1905 and 1910, Wheaton WI in 1930. Married Amelia Barbara Thaler Jan 17, 1899 in Chippewa Falls, WI. Was in real estate by 1910. 1900 Census lists his occupation as saloon keeper. Token dates 1890-1910.

Funny thing too, is that in RogerDodger's Note In A Bottle thread, one of the characters mentioned in the note was a saloon keeper in Chippewa Falls during that exact period!!

 

[DCMatt]

From the Chippewa Times, December 1903:

F.X.
Kreiling
Dealer In
Wines,
Liquors and
Cigars
925 Jefferson
Street

 

[DCMatt]

He is also listed in:

[h=1]Polk's Wisconsin State Gazetteer and Business Directory 1913 - 1914[/h]
as a saloonist.

 

[Iron Buzz]

From the Chippewa Times, December 1903:

F.X.
Kreiling
Dealer In
Wines,
Liquors and
Cigars
925 Jefferson
Street

Now, that's interesting... the other entry had the same house number, but different street. It was 925 N Prairie.

 

[BIGSCOTT]

This is so crazy, congratulations, did researching the other thread lead you to the spot you found this?

You guys find such cool stuff up there.

 

[Iron Buzz]

This is so crazy, congratulations, did researching the other thread lead you to the spot you found this?

You guys find such cool stuff up there.

No, not at all. This was found in a vacant lot in St Paul. It has been an amazing artifact lot! I think I found one Merc there this spring when I first started to hunt it, but I have found two very large skeleton gate keys, a matching pair of small skeleton keys from maybe a china cabinet or jewelry box, a cast Uncle Wiggley game piece, a garnet(?) studded turtle, and a very old and cool pair of nested brass rifle cartridges as well as the tokens! (oh, and about a hundred copper Memorials!)

 

[Keepright]

Nice

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