Nice token found by 12 year old!

[tater307]

After school let out today me and my son went in the fields. We found some cool stuff but i think this is the best find.
Its a pool table token i think. We need a little help with it.

 

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[High Plains Digger]

Brunswick--they went into bowling at a later date. I have one similar but I am out of town so I can't compare it. If I remember right, it was the 20's or 30's---no, wait, it was 20's when Brunswick went from bar equipment to bowling. Remember what happend in the 20's? No demand for bar equipment. Lots of information on the internet--if I found it, I know you can also. Very interesting info.

 

[kilmer]

Re: Nice token found by 12 year old! - He is killin' us old guys this year.

Awesome finds. Glad to figure out what you post under too. I think you told me but it slipped my mind. Hope somebody comes through with some good input.

Don
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[TN_MD]

Now That's an awesome find for a 12yo !! Congrats to you both !!

 

[Mystro7]

That is one cool lookin token. Kids ALWAYS find the good stuff, thats why I take my son or daughter when I go ...he he.

 

[underdogger]

That is a nice find . I have found many tokens . That is one I have never seen very nice . Rob

 

[steelheadwill]

Congrats on a cool old token!
looking forward to seeing more Finds

 

[idahotokens]

Please!!! "My son and I", not "Me and my son"...

At any rate, this is a very nice token! The J. M. Brunswick tokens date from 1874 to 1883. The 1880 Census shows W. E. Ashton as a saloon-keeper in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana. He may very well have been the one who issued that token, especially if this piece was found anywhere close to that town. With just initials and a relatively-common last name, though, it is tough to positively attribute it.
John in ID

 

[saltyshark2002]

Congrats on the token,I have been trying to get my 9 yo to go on hunts with me using my old bounty hunter.i dont think he has the bug yet

 

[tater307]

Please!!! "My son and I", not "Me and my son"...

At any rate, this is a very nice token! The J. M. Brunswick tokens date from 1874 to 1883. The 1880 Census shows W. E. Ashton as a saloon-keeper in Winchester, Randolph County, Indiana. He may very well have been the one who issued that token, especially if this piece was found anywhere close to that town. With just initials and a relatively-common last name, though, it is tough to positively attribute it.
John in ID

Well sorry about the grammer. Thanks for the ID. Winchester is 10 miles from where it was found. Thanks again.

 

[idahotokens]

Consider posting the pictures to www.tokencatalog.com
John in ID

 

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[ivan salis]

well with the 1880 cencus --showing W E Ashton as a saloon keeper * in Winchester , Randolph county , Indiana -- and with the J M Brunswick token date range of 1874 to 1883 -- with that "overlap"

I think that you might have solved where your token came from and its rough date / age about as well as you can--- roughly --1874 to 1883 date range and from WE Ashtons saloon in Winchester (which you know existed in 1880) by the records .

tell your son that was a great find --and now he knows a bit of its history * to make it even cooler.