Hotel LaSalle

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Found this yesterday before the rain and the skeeters.

 

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[Mackaydon]

Here are a couple of pics of the hotel back in the day.
http://chicago.urban-history.org/sites/hotels/lasalle.htm
"Franklin 500" was the phone number that you said to the operator, not dialed, when calling the hotel.
Don....

 

[kimsdad]

Sweeeeet find, Rich!!!

What a nice piece of history! Keep that one in a pile for your shadowbox display!

 

[litefire56]

Nice Charge coin Rich!!!! Man, you find all the good stuff...

Charge coins are believed to have been first issued around 1865. At first they were made of celluloid, which is an early form of plastic. Later ones were made of copper, aluminum, steel or white metal, which is when they became known as charge coins. They came in various shapes, in sizes from a quarter to half-dollar. Not all were round; some were triangular and others had unique shapes. These credit pieces were mainly issued by department stores, and usually displayed the customer's identification number and an image connected with the merchant.

Your's is probably worth more than a silver half. The first one below is listed at $24.50

344. Hotel LaSalle, Chicago, rd, ni pl br, VF-XF lam (IL 150 C). . . . $24.50

http://www.bobslawsky.com/Sale-Fixed1.htm

 

[Dirt fishing Wolf]

Thanks guys for passing the info onto the post. I do fill my pouch every hunt with the canslaw,pulltabs,etc., because I go back to those places several times a year and hunt using different programs. This charge coin was found in a city park that I've hunted many times. Last week I found the 1901 quarter in that same park. Litefire56, I'm using the program you entered into my DFX on Memorial day and man am I finding more finds where I've hunted before. THANKS!! If you don't dig it you don't know what you left behind. HH DFW

 

[watercolor]

Sweet find Rich!

Very cool!

 

[Pocket Spill]

great piece of Chicago history!