7 cent milk token

[Goes4ever]

found this today at the house I dug my franklin half dollar, I have never saw a 7 cent token before. Anyone have any info about it? It is just a tad smaller than a quarter

 

[STH69]

Nice find

 

[1491]

Nice token! I found a 7 cent variety for a Dance Hall last year. Yours is only the 2nd of that denomination I've seen. Quite collectible.

 

[jeff of pa]

Very Nice Find

and Yes very collectable

 

[Detectingfreak]

Very nice job on the 7 cent mlik token!

 

[ringfinder]

Neat find Terry!!

HH, Ringfinder

 

[nova]

Very good find. I would be stoked on a find like that.

 

[whitesPA]

nice find .never seen a 7 cent token

 

[allen]

way to go on that awesome token !!!!!

 

[Finman]

What an awesome and unusual find!!! Congrats!!!

HH Joe

 

[idahotokens]

I'm going to have to do some asking around about this one. Reiter's Dairy Tokens book lists a 12¢ one from Bard Manufacturing Co. as being from Bryan, OH and he says "...Bard Mfg. Co., makers of gas- and oil-burning furnaces..." The token is not listed in Lipscomb's OH Merchant Tokens book. The Bard company website indicates they have been in business since 1914.

I'll contact the current OH token cataloguer and see what he says about both the 7¢ and 12¢ tokens. My initial impression is that these are similar in function to some tokens I know from a lead and zinc smelter. It was widely believed that drinking milk would keep workers from getting poisoned from the fumes they were exposed to, so it was written into their union contract that the company would provide a ration of milk to each worker. The way the company kept track of the ration was to give each worker so many tokens per week, and it would be up to the worker to redeem his tokens daily. Maybe Bard's milk was priced at 7¢ for a half-pint and 12¢ per pint. Dunno...

John in ID

 

[crazyjarhead]

Nice token, Terry

 

[Jerry1NJ]

Nice find!!!!

 

[briankb70]

a real neat token !!!

 

[beetle662]

That is an awesome token!

Congrats!

 

[Roger Mn.]

Nice trade token and the first 7 cent token I've seen.

 

[Nana40]

That's a heck of a find G4E! And awesome info on it, John! 8)

Congrats!!! Nana

 

[Goes4ever]

I'm going to have to do some asking around about this one. Reiter's Dairy Tokens book lists a 12¢ one from Bard Manufacturing Co. as being from Bryan, OH and he says "...Bard Mfg. Co., makers of gas- and oil-burning furnaces..." The token is not listed in Lipscomb's OH Merchant Tokens book. The Bard company website indicates they have been in business since 1914.

I'll contact the current OH token cataloguer and see what he says about both the 7¢ and 12¢ tokens. My initial impression is that these are similar in function to some tokens I know from a lead and zinc smelter. It was widely believed that drinking milk would keep workers from getting poisoned from the fumes they were exposed to, so it was written into their union contract that the company would provide a ration of milk to each worker. The way the company kept track of the ration was to give each worker so many tokens per week, and it would be up to the worker to redeem his tokens daily. Maybe Bard's milk was priced at 7¢ for a half-pint and 12¢ per pint. Dunno...

John in ID

thank you very much for the info! Very interesting story!

 

[Merf]

Congrats on that neat token

 

[mlayers]

alsome looking token I never seen a 7 cent token either. WTG....Matt