My First Trade Token, but where is it from?

[seychik]

Along the front sidewalk of a late 1800s house, out popped this token.

 

[lonewolfe]

It's from Massachusetts from what I can gather on the net.

Cool find!

HH

 

[Mackaydon]

H.Rice, Dayton, Ohio produced tokens between 1859 and 1919.
John in Idaho, where are you?
Don...

 

[CRUSADER]

Nice looking token & reads well for 100 years old!

 

[oldsalty19]

if it's from Mass and you are in Colorado, it's a long way from home.....nice find and Happy Holidays

 

[idahotokens]

Geez, Don...I don't live on TN

Lone W - what is your reference that makes you say MA?

I'd be pretty surprised if the token is from very far from Dayton, OH - that maker didn't have a very wide distribution. I don't find this one in either Reiter's Dairy Tokens book or Lipscomb's OH book. How about posting it on Richard's Token Database - TokenCatalog.com - somebody might know where it hails from.

And, how it got to Colorado may always be a mystery. Quite often people move and then realize they have brought some tokens along that are no good except where they were issued. They are then given to kids to play with (and loose), or are thrown away.

John in the Great 208

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

That 32 Scallop is one killer token!
I'll never roll my eyes again when you say you're going to go and detect another yard!
Like Idahotokens mentioned, you should post on Richard's Token Database.
Happy Holidays!
Carl

 

[TreasureNetGuppyFish]

I am thinking that is a train flattened penny that a child has cut up.

 

[lonewolfe]

Geez, Don...I don't live on TN

Lone W - what is your reference that makes you say MA?

I'd be pretty surprised if the token is from very far from Dayton, OH - that maker didn't have a very wide distribution. I don't find this one in either Reiter's Dairy Tokens book or Lipscomb's OH book. How about posting it on Richard's Token Database - TokenCatalog.com - somebody might know where it hails from.

And, how it got to Colorado may always be a mystery. Quite often people move and then realize they have brought some tokens along that are no good except where they were issued. They are then given to kids to play with (and loose), or are thrown away.

John in the Great 208

With further research - it seems you may be right in that it's not too far from Dayton - it may be from a small local dairy not listed as there's virtually no info available on the dairy itself.

My 1st reference was due to research showing a dairy listed in Conn. but upon further inspection - that was "W. H. Williams" - not "H. Williams"

I will try to find more info and post it here if I find any.

 

[idahotokens]

Maverick Dairy tokens are real tough to prove, especially when they have a relatively common name on them. Ma & Pa dairies were usually outside of the towns, so they didn't appear in city directories, the Censuses showed Pa as a farmer (rarely did they say Dairy Farmer), and Ma as a housewife, and they seldom advertised in the newspapers as they used "word of mouth" instead. The Dun & Bradstreet directories hardly ever listed these dairies as they seldom needed a credit report. It is fun to try to attribute them, though, and the best bet is to assume the business was located near where the token was found, expanding the search circle as needed.
John in the Great 208

 

[seychik]

Thanks for the replies guys. Idahotokens (John), I did post the token on Richard's Token Database - tokencatalog.com this evening. Also I looked through some old Denver directories, but no luck. My internet search came up empty also. I did see that the token maker, H. Rice, has tokens listed on Richard's database from several cities/states. Regardless, I am still quite happy to have found a trade token and one that has an interesting shape and is readable. With the possible price of milk going sky high, nice to have a free quart in the wings...Cindy.

 

[Mackaydon]

seychik,
You wrote Denver; did you mean Dayton?

 

[seychik]

seychik,
You wrote Denver; did you mean Dayton?

I found it in Denver, so was checking my area out, although I think it most probably came from Ohio. Maybe someone on Richard's database will have better access to Ohio info. Thanks for the info on the maker H. Rice (1859-1919)! Always happy to find older items. Cindy

 

[deepseeker3]

Very cool. Most tokens like that that I find are aluminum and rotted

 

[Papa Bear]

From what I found H. Rice made a lot of tokens for dairies. I did a search on the below link for H. Rice and it popped up a lot.

http://ikotams.tokencatalog.com/pdfs/06IKO MAVERICKS BOOK.pdf

Some are on Ebay

h. rice token | eBay

It may have been made in Ohio but sent out west.....

Great find!!

 

[lonewolfe]

I haven't found an exact locale on the Dairy itself yet but digging thru my United States Tokens Catalog (1700 - 1900) updated 4th edition by Russell Rulau 2004

I found that the maker (H Rice AKA Henry Rice) was in business in Dayton OH from 1859 thru 1919 as a stencil cutter - and - from 1856 thru 1859 located in Lebanon OH and from 1922 to 1924 in Springfield OH

So - your token is from the period when he was in business from 1859 - 1919 in Dayton - no earlier/no later as it is stamped "Dayton OH"
(side note) by the looks of it I believe it to be pre 1900 due to the design and font

I will see what else I can dig up and report any/all info

HH

 

[curbdiggercarl57]

Mystery Token

Here's one with possibly the same name, (Henry being real common)
from Long Prairie, MN
Keeping the mystery alive!
Carl