1850s New York merchents token

[djabend]

1850's New York merchents token

Here is a token I found in a hay field across the street from my house.
This field has yielded bank tokens and large cents from 1830's-1850's



Here is what a similar one looks like in better condition.




and here is an interesting related newpaper article I found dated May 14, 1855


HH,
Donny


"UPDATES" More newspaper articles added below

 

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[djabend]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Here is some more info I found .



HH,
Donny

 

[West Jersey Detecting]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Awesome find !!! That is really cool!

 

[juju]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Thats a great find. Congrats.

 

[Detectingfreak]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

That is a really cool find!

 

[lko_88]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

wow, that is a sweet find and to have that much information on it to back it up is cool. I've seen a lot of tokens that are fake indian heads during the civil war but never a fake large cent. Several years ago, I found an 1842 Bank of Montreal half penny with a merchant stamp on it, but nothing like that. Sweet find!! HH, lko_88

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Man, that is one nice token!
CurbdiggerCarl

 

[daytondigger]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

That's a real nice find, now you need to find a Lyon's bottle to go with it. Ever dug privies?

 

[djabend]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

That's a real nice find, now you need to find a Lyon's bottle to go with it. Ever dug privies?

No, but I did see some bottles on Ebay, not that I would ever pay for one

HH?
Donny

 

[djabend]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

Found another nice ad


HH,

Donny

 

[allen]

Re: 1850's New York merchents token

good going on that sweet token !