ChuckinDirt
Tenderfoot
- Aug 31, 2018
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- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
The back is completely featureless. The tag is 28mm in diameter. The logo at the top appears to read "SH CO" or "HS CO". Because the hole is at the bottom of the tag, I got the impression that this might be a baggage tag, or something that hangs from a key.
The folks on ID ME suggested that it might be a "charge coin" -- many retailers would issue these to customers for discounts, like stores do today with those little plastic cards they want you to put on your keychain so they can track your purchases.
It does not appear in the Token Catalog, and I have spent a few days scouring the internet for information about past retailers in Boston that could be the "SH CO" or "HS CO" shown here without success. Has anybody seen one of these before?
If anyone out there has a copy of "Alpert's Catalogue of Charge Coins" could you perhaps check to see if this tag is in there?
This has been frustrating me because the moment I saw that distinctive logo, and the large (five digit) number, implying thousands of these tags were made, I was sure it was going to be relatively easy to pin down, but it has stubbornly remained a mystery. :-)
I am aware of various companies that the tag could have come from (such as S.H. Couch Co, Shapleigh Hardware Co, Simmons Hardware Co) but have been unable to find evidence of any of them using this particular logo.
