Anyone know about these tokens?

[RichieRich]

I found these tokens in Meridian Id. Anyone know about the companies on them. They are larger than a penny, perhaps as big as a nickel.

Thanks for looking, keep swinging and pinging

 

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[RichieRich]

1st "Museum Piece"!!! Scored these beauties hunting in Meridian last night. The local Historian does not know about the J.A. Pitman token. She said they were "Long time Meridian family - I'm not sure just where J. A. fits, but Linda Tewksbury's brother is married to Jana Pitman. Her dad was Ray & her grandfather was Zeke. If you must must have it - keep it, but we'd like to put it with the other ones we have in the display case. Jana had three sisters no brothers - & an Uncle Bill whose son was killed as a young man - (he was in my middle sons class) -" Of course it is going to be there.

 

[DCMatt]

Arcade coin is from Chicago.

NATIONAL COIN / ARCADE / SPECIALISTS / 312 / 281-8211 / NON - REDEEMABLE (TC-379917) Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), U.S.A.

 

[DCMatt]

Try this guy:


James Addison Pitman


Buried in Meridian Cemetery.


Birth: Jun. 16, 1864
Illinois, USA
Death: Jan. 17, 1946

 

[RichieRich]

I will share cemetery info with the Historian. I could find a date range for the token

 

[DCMatt]

I suspect the use of the 312 area code on the token makes it fairly modern. It wasn't that many years ago when you could dial a local number without using the area code.


Arcade tokens would be of little value outside the immediate area of the arcade, so why put the area code on it unless it is required for making a local phone call...?


The Pitman token would be older - like back when 5 cents could actually buy something in a store...

 

[Charlie P. (NY)]

So does a seven digit local telephone number. (Rather than two letters and four or later five numbers).

Area codes came along in 1947 and in 1951 the 10 digit format. Letters for the forth & fifth characters were used into the 50's and 60's. As in the song: "PEnnsylvania 6 5000"

I can remember just needing to dial 4 numbers to make local calls.

 

[RichieRich]

I recall when we used words and letters my first was Templeton, TE