a neat little find - Brunswick

[joncooper1986]

Found this check token from the Brunswick Balke Collender Company (now Brunswick). Aluminum and in rough shape (can see a billiard table on it) but an interesting find from the turn of the century none the less. Not much else in the bag today; but a three day weekend lies ahead!

 

[RelicMedic]

Very cool piece of history! Nice digz. Hope your long weekend treats you well!

 

[beez0404]

Good luck this weekend. Very nice token.

 

[Garrett424]

a three day weekend lies ahead!

Oh yeah!!

Let's hope it's a fruitful weekend for all.
BTW, cool token.

 

[idahotokens]

What is on the other side of this token? When the Brunswick-Balke-Collender Co. sold bar fixtures, billiard tables, etc., they often gave the merchant a good deal on trade tokens. One side of the token advertised the BBC company and the other identified which merchant they were for. Unfortunately, many of them are tough to attribute, being initials or just a last name. There has been a lot of research done over the years, and many of them have good attributions.
John in the Great 208

 

[joncooper1986]

unfortunately it is completely unreadable. thats aluminum for ya