Dog tag, Chicago token!

[diggingthe1]

I’ve had a little more time to get out now that the kids are settling into school. It’s interesting finding the Illinois items here in Colorado. The dog tag is from Elgin Illinois 1900 but there is an Elgin Texas also. I’ll post it on Oddcoins thread. I found it yesterday. It looks like the dog wore it for awhile, the hole is slightly oval. The Chicago tag looks like it was used for a washer which is slightly common around here. I found that in a different part of town today. The cap or lid piece is intriguing! I wish the shoehorn was whole, I love stuff from Denver! It’s so much fun to be out detecting. I hope you all are getting out finding treasures!!! Here is what the token should look like:OWEN T. MOSES & CO. TAILORS / CHICAGO AVE. / & / CARPENTER ST. / WRITE / FOR / SAMPLES / CHICAGO (TC-204544) Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), U.S.A.

 

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[Hawks88]

Nice finds. Congrats

 

[Ogre1190]

Cool finds! 🙌 Coincidentally...I've lived in both, Elgin and Chicago.

 

[A2coins]

Cool finds love those old spots ya never know what youll find

 

[diggingthe1]

Nice finds. Congrats

Thanks Hawks, it’s good to get out!

Cool finds! �� Coincidentally...I've lived in both, Elgin and Chicago.

Thanks Ogre, My family came from Chicago, beautiful city!

Cool finds love those old spots ya never know what youll find

Thanks A2, it’s more rewarding than playing the lottery!!!

 

[Rookster]

Very nice hunt.Congrats

 

[Trezurehunter]

Congrats on some great relics. I like that Chicago Dog Tag.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congratualtions on the nice relics!

 

[Mackaydon]

A short story on the Owen Moses token:
Source (page 161): https://archive.org/stream/tamsjournal9n06toke/tamsjournal9n06toke_djvu.txt
Another unexplained token in the bimetal story is the
illustrated 50^ token issued by Owen T. Moses & Co.,
Tailors, Chicago. Although this piece bears the patent date
of July 1899, it is not of bimetal composition at all, but is
made entirely of aluminum. This is not an error, as other
denominations are known from this firm as well as speci-
mens made entirely of aluminum from other firms. This
tends to bear out my speculation that the patent date refers
to the crosshatching or “geometric” design rather than the
“not so strong” bimetal patent. It should be noted that in
later years, Osborne and other makers of coal and company
store tokens were able to patent their designs although the
method of manufacture was conventional.
Don.......

 

[Whyme]

Nice finds! I really like the dog license!

 

[diggingthe1]

Thank you all for the posts, I especially liked the story Don. It is interesting they had to patent the designs of the tokens. Thank you again for your research!!!