International order of Vikings!?!,I.O.V. TOKEN

[tokenhead]

Hello everybody!!!...I just picked up a few really cool(to me at least!)tokens!,i go see a local coin dealer every sat.or sun.to look at his"fun book" as he puts it.i got this square good for token&was stumped buy the lettering,i figured it was a fraternal group as the #65 usually denotes a lodge.my token book(s) did not list the abbreviations as it does others,such as:B.P.O.E,K.G.E.,K.O.T.M.,ETC. So i searched the word/letters,INGJALD and up came a organization "International order of Vikings" lodge #65,etc.Ingjald is a swedish,noresmen King.I have emailed the group asking for an era that this token was used,it looks like the ones used in the 1920's-30's,maybe earlier or later! anybody here know?Along with this token i got this other one(i bought 4 from him)that has me a little confused(easily done!!!),it is from a town close to me,Union City,PA. what has me stumped is the word"NICKLE" on reverse"good for nickle in trade" not the normal 5 cents(numerical),the token itself appears to be made of nickle.i have not searched C.W.Clayton yet to see what his business was,it could have been a platting shop,foundry,whatever...it's just the wording at this point that has me confused,anybody here ever see a token that reads nickle opposed to the normal 5 cents(good for)? any help will be greatly appreciated!!! ,thank's&HH ALL!!!

 

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[tokensmith]

G.W. Clayton is listed in the 1918 Dun as billiards & cigars in Union City, PA. The NICKEL denomination is considerably scarcer than the more normal 5¢ but there are quite a few known. Here are the ones from my collection:

http://tokencatalog.com/display_rec...el&SearchStringAnyWord=&action=DisplayRecords

 

[Mackaydon]

Tokensmith:
Can you verify that site address again. Thx.

 

[Mackaydon]

Ingjald Lodge No 65 IOV
214 N Main St
Jamestown, NY 14701
(716) 487-9305

 

[idahotokens]

Aqua's PA Token book shows the Clayton one as R-5 or 9-20 known in 2000.

I have always thought that since tokens were often used for gambling which was sometimes frowned upon by the local law enforcement, that some businesses chose to omit the denomination or put something like "nickel" on the 5¢ piece. Since technically, saying 5¢ would give it a denomination and "nickel" would only imply a denomination, they might think they could talk the sheriff out of an arrest if the place was raided.

John in ID

 

[tokenhead]

G.W. Clayton is listed in the 1918 Dun as billiards & cigars in Union City, PA. The NICKEL denomination is considerably scarcer than the more normal 5¢ but there are quite a few known. Here are the ones from my collection:

http://tokencatalog.com/display_rec...el&SearchStringAnyWord=&action=DisplayRecords

Love the heart shape ones ,I didn't even get to use my Erie County Directory's!!!,but thats why i put them on TN first...Because of the knowledge !!!,Thank's,greatly appreciated.HH!!!

 

[tokenhead]

Ingjald Lodge No 65 IOV
214 N Main St
Jamestown, NY 14701
(716) 487-9305

Thanks ,HH!!!

 

[intimer]

here's a link i've used a lot to find abbreviations.


http://www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm


from that link it offers this link to I.O.V.

http://www.iovikings.org/index.htm

neat find, mike

 

[tokenhead]

here's a link i've used a lot to find abbreviations.


http://www.exonumia.com/art/society.htm


from that link it offers this link to I.O.V.

http://www.iovikings.org/index.htm

neat find, mike

Thanks mike! i'm always looking for new(links)info. ,the I.O.V. token just caught my eye due to shape,NOW it's even cooler to me