Ida N. Gulick 5C Prisoner Token 1898 Identified!!

[steelheadwill]

Scanned a new spot today,
couple pounds of brass & copper fittings.
Then a 5C token! looks good!
anyone ever hear of an 'N Gulick or I.N. Gulick Posttrader' (Culick?)
found at the NH/ME border, 1" diameter. copper, researched what i could,
no results
Would love to learn more about this piece!
Thanks for Looking! & HH !

 

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[daroofa]

Re: I.N. Gulick 5C Token

Take a look at this book....

USMC History

Edited to add...I didn't see that Don had already ID'd this on the other forum until I posted this. Nice token and Good ID

 

[exonumia]

Re: I.N. Gulick 5C Token

This is "I. N. Gulick", listed as such in the "Military Tokens of The United States", but without any attribution to city/state. Obviously an early piece, from being incuse. It is also listed in "Indian Traders & Sutlers" by Walker/Zarling (both available on my web site), but without any info.

Thanks to daroofa and Google, we know Mrs. Ida N. Gulick was the Post Trader for Camp Long, Portsmouth, NH, ca. 1898. It is unusual to have a female post trader.

Now identified as to city/state, the NH collectors would be interested, and it would bring more money as an attributed token. Nice item, although suffering severe pitting from being in the ground so long.

To read the full article on Google books, search on "Ida N. Gulick".

 

[steelheadwill]

Re: I.N. Gulick 5C Token

Thanks Daroofa & Exonumia.
This information was more than I'd hoped for!
found Quite close to where I found 3 Spanish War Medals. same era.
Fits like a key.
Outstanding research!
Good Day & HH

 

[idahotokens]

daroofa - since will posted this at tokencatalog.com with the town of attribution, why don't you go there and let the collecting world know the source of the attribution?
John in ID