Good for 5 cents Trade

[money malcolm]

WHAT IS THIS? CIRCA ? I KNOW ABOUT TRADE TOKENS , BUT THIS ONE SAYS "JIM" ON BACK! FOUND UNDER TREE LATE LAST NIGHT IN TRINIDAD COLORADO.

FRONT: "Good for 5 cents Trade"

BACK: "JIM"

 

[Inches from Insanity]

I found a similar token when planting a mothers day rose in the front yard of my house a couple of months ago. The one i found had a local business owners name and town on the back. From what some of the old timers have said a lot of local businesses used these tokens as incentives thrown in with a purchase - kinda like a coupon. You might do some research, J I M might be the initials of a local business from back in the 30's thru 60's.

 

[tokensmith]

Judging from the reverse die, your token was struck by a Detroit manufacturer in the 1910-15 time period.

 

[Captain Caveman]

I don't know what JIM means, but the token is AWESOME! Congratz!!!

 

[rgreever]

This one say's JIM. There is also a ROB and a GEORGE token known with this reverse.
There are no periods between the letters of JIM, so this is probably a first name.

If you are curious, you can see the other tokens with this reverse on TokenCatalog.com -

Display Token Records - GOOD FOR FIVE CENTS / 5 / TRADE