Anyone seen one of these trade tokens before?

[turnkey1970]

Found this today in a local park. It's about the size of a nickle, but thin like a dime. No idea on the type of metal, but after gentle cleaning it has a white appearance, definitely not dark like clad coins. Anyway, as you can see no dates or company name, just: F.O.L. with a one below it and good for 5 cents in trade on the reverse. I am located in Leavenworth, Kansas if that makes a difference in identifying the company.

Either way I am happy to have it as it is my first trade token. Thanks for looking.

 

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[idahotokens]

Most trade tokens are made of brass or aluminum, but some are "white metal", an alloy that looks like a nickel coin.

Attributing this one will be a challenge because it may or may not be from near where it was dug. It is not listed in the KS Token Book or on tokencatalog.com, so nobody has done the grunt work for you. If you are ambitious, go to your public library and look through your city directories from say 1915-1935 looking for someone with those initials who is in an appropriate business. It is likely from an individual proprietor rather than a company, and has the appearance of a pool hall or cigar store token.

BTW, there is a whole section on tokens down below this one.

John in ID

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Went through the Kansas tokens and didn't spot it....but here is a great link for all the states.

http://tokencatalog.com/

 

[21stTNCav]

Went through the Kansas tokens and didn't spot it....but here is a great link for all the states.

http://tokencatalog.com/

Now that was a cool link Keith, very cool!!

 

[turnkey1970]

Thanks for the responses and the great token link. If I ever dig up more history on this you can be sure I will post it.