Old part of town in wappy

[willy99]

I found these tax checks, shot shell cases an trade token in a 10'x10' spot

 

[willy99]

 

[idahotokens]

Nice! I have been researching the O. D. Yohe gum token for a number of years. He was in business in Lincoln, NE from about 1915 until he moved to Kansas City, MO. In Lincoln he made vending machines and in KCMO he is listed in the 1951 Telephone directory as the Yohe Gum Co. Orrie David Yohe died in 1953. This type of token was used in slot machines that vended gum and might pay off a bit with these tokens.
John in the Great 208

 

[willy99]

John I tried to find stuff on the token an kept coming up with the machine itself an a guy named jim Vaughn helped me an said this token was only made in 1918 in Lincoln Nebraska but I'm still not sure lol thanx for the info!!

 

[willy99]

More pics

 

[willy99]

Oh an a part of a pocket watch in this same spot

 

[idahotokens]

Willy--

The fellow who is the current cataloger of Michigan tokens says that diework is from a Detroit maker and dates to pretty close to 1918. That was when Yohe was in Lincoln, NE. So Lincoln has been the spot I have always figured the token was first used, but no listings for his gum business have ever been found there, so the NE catalogers haven't accepted that attribution. On the other hand, there is the MO listing and the MO cataloger likes it, even though it is much later than the 1918 date for the diework. As one fellow used to say, "Mavericks are not for the faint of heart."
John

John I tried to find stuff on the token an kept coming up with the machine itself an a guy named jim Vaughn helped me an said this token was only made in 1918 in Lincoln Nebraska but I'm still not sure lol thanx for the info!!

 

[kingskid1611]

Good Stuff, Congrats! Don't know how I missed it a couple days ago.

 

[willy99]

Thanx John, I think is pretty cool I found it in Wapanucka ok, the old railway runs through my yard an it was bout 80 yrds from it

 

[idahotokens]

The one I have was found in southern Idaho. Slot machine tokens traveled a lot.
John

Thanx John, I think is pretty cool I found it in Wapanucka ok, the old railway runs through my yard an it was bout 80 yrds from it

 

[U.B.]

Really neat finds. I really like finding trade tokens, tax checks, and old age assistance tokens. I found a UMC shot shell casing, last week, that was manufactured between 1846 - 1849, and wondered how something that old ended up in Guthrie. Like the fella said, we're digging history one piece at a time. Stay after it!

 

[willy99]

U.B., I really like how the umc casing page is set up an easy to find what ur looking for.. An that reminds me I found a few more casings there too an actually learned something I didn't know on rim fire casings.. I'll see if I can find them an post em

 

[suprdave]

nice find

 

[ammo_u]

I have some tax tokens like this one found in my hometown in OK well. I have found a few with my md and also have some my great grandfather held onto and passed down.