Here’s one of my latest finds from today’s hunt.

[civil_war22]

Just posting a pic of the Rare token I found. Broken_detector found the silver half, and I find a token that’s not been previously located, so I added the pic to the online token catalog. It says THE TURF 522 Garrison Ave Fort Smith Arkansas on the front, the back reads GOOD FOR 2 1/2 CENTS IN TRADE

 

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[A2coins]

I love old tokens Ive found 5 in all my years. Thats a cool shape and great for your collection. Pretty sweet find

 

[civil_war22]

I love old tokens Ive found 5 in all my years. Thats a cool shape and great for your collection. Pretty sweet find

Thanks. I find them fairly regularly. There is a guy who owns a coin shop in that town and he’s always looking for anything with that town on it. I’ve sold him several of my tokens over the years from small ghost towns in the area. I’ve got a baggage check or something similar from the area I found about 70 miles away from the same town as this one

 

[A2coins]

Thats really cool Ive found 2 5 cent tokens from the same billiard hall . Tokens are cool for sure.

 

[broken_detector]

That's one weird shaped token

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

Depression-era token made of aluminum, probably dating from the 1920s - 30s.

"Store tokens, also called trade tokens, merchant issues, or store cards, featured advertisements for goods or services signified by familiar icons like a shoe, hotel, comb, or umbrella; the ones from Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island are the most common. Within the merchant issues are a subset called Feuchtwanger tokens, named after the entrepreneur Lewis Feuchtwanger, who produced them as a potential substitute for copper cents from an alloy known as German silver."

Your piece would tumble up nicely,
Dave

 

[RVRoamer74]

That's a very unique token you dug. Thanks for posting and sharing. Congrats!

 

[Professor of Engineering]

Congrats on the nice token recovery!