dug this up

[ticm]

Dug this token up at a site with a lot of history to it. It's copper or brass. It looks the same on both sides. Has anybody seen one like it before. I would like to know what it was used for and how old.

 

[idahotokens]

Somewhere back in the archives, probably in the Tokens & Tags section, I wrote up a bit of a story on these. They are generic trade tokens, usually used by a general merchandise store, either while waiting for their order of custom tokens to arrive or as the only type of tokens for the business. Their problem was that a number of different stores used them and there was nothing keeping one store's credit from being used in another store.
John in ID

 

[ticm]

Thanks for the info. Do you happen to know how old it might be.

 

[idahotokens]

I think these were generally used ca. 1910 - WWII
John in ID