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[catfisherman]

Not much on tokens but I dug this one up its got a funny shape and says(good for five cents in trade hotel and bar) with a big five on the back any info?

 

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[idahotokens]

I can't tell from your photo, so are you sure it says AND? Is there maybe another letter there making it HOTEL SAND or something? The funny shape is called "S4" or 4 Scallops.
John in the Great 208

 

[catfisherman]

I think it says hotel bank bar now that I look at it close

 

[idahotokens]

Use a magnifier and a light source coming from the side to see if you can make out the name for certain.
John in the Great 208

 

[catfisherman]

It say hotel band bar
Any info

 

[idahotokens]

How about "Hotel Rand"? Any chance it is that? The Colorado token book has one listed as Rand, CO, but I wouldn't trust that attribution very much as it appears to have been wishful thinking on somebody's part. Yours looks like it was made by Wright & Co. of Cincinatti which would be further evidence against the Colorado attribution. In fact, there was a Hotel Rand in Cincy from ca. 1900 through the teens. The OH Book lists several varieties from the Hotel Rand, but not this one.

And, I am pretty sure it is made of brass like most tokens of that era were. Check with a magnet to make sure. Where did you find it - what state? That may help to narrow down the search.
John in the Great 208

 

[catfisherman]

I think rand is the word but I'm in wv