Okalhoma S. H. Wynn Token?

[augiguy]

Found this token in Phoenix at an old home. Cant find any information about it. Any help would be appreciated.
token reads;
S.H. Wynn
Staples & Fancy
Groceries
Mt. Park OKLA.
Good for 1 cent in Trade

 

[tokensmith]

Your token isn't listed under Mountain Park, OK in the Oklahoma token book, but there is a 5¢ denomination listed that has a catalog value of $85.

S.H. Wynn is listed under Mountain Park in the 1912 Bradstreet.

 

[idahotokens]

Well, there is more to the story, and possibly more of these tokens where you got this one. Stephen H. Wynn left Oklahoma sometime between 1912 and 1920 because he and his wife and parents are in the 1920 Census in Maricopa County, AZ (Heard Precinct, SE 1/2 Section 28). I'm guessing when they closed their grocery in OK, they took all the tokens they had on hand with them. Since he took up farming and had no more use for them, they may have been given to children to play with. Nice find!
John in the 208

 

[augiguy]

Wow, how do you guys come up with this great information. It sure adds to the find. Thank you for your help!

 

[idahotokens]

Tokensmith looked in the Oklahoma token catalog for his info and I looked at the censuses for both OK and AZ via a subscription site. There's a lot of information on the Internet now, but some of it isn't free, although many public libraries provide their patrons access to genealogy sites that have the census information. Quite a few libraries offer remote access to these, so you can look from home. Another great site specific to tokens is www.tokencatalog.com - and I'd encourage you to post your picture there.
John in the 208

 

[PikesPeakCharlie]

Nice find,Congrats