Wife got seated. I popped oldest store token.

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Brought my wife to a new spot I discovered. She found an 1853 seated half dime. A bucket Lister for her. I found an 1863 WR Elaisdell, Stoves Tin & Hardware store token from Lowell Michigan. If anyone has any information on the token please post. Also got a musket ball, three prong fork and a clad dime.

 

[DizzyDigger]

Doug, any one of those targets would have made a successful
day for me.

All the better that you get to spend time with your bride.

 

[vpone]

nice finds - still lots of snow here so some of us are living for these posts!!

vp

 

[jeff of pa]

WIlliam R. Blaisdell

Still working on More Info

 

[Steve in PA]

Nice finds! Love the token.

 

[jeff of pa]

Though I'm guessing your Token is 1860's

So far
Only mention is William in 1883

 

[jeff of pa]

Hardware was still there 1890

 

[jeff of pa]

 

[jeff of pa]

Sorry Nothing else Found on the Store, apparently the Only time he made the Paper
again I would guess it's an 1860's store Card, But I've guessed wrong Before

Zooming in on the date area I Think it translates to 1863

 

[jeff of pa]

1863 W.R. Blaisdell, Lowell, MI,. Located on the Detroit and Milwaukee railroad, Lowell was a village of about 800 residents in Kent county, 139 miles northwest of Detroit. William R. Blaisdell provided residents with hardware and tin ware.


This is a copper token . It has a Greek bust surrounded by 13 stars and date, 1863. On the reverse side it has "W.P. Blaisdell Tin and Hardware, Lowell, Michigan." Information provided by Gordon Hubenet indicates that this was a Civil War era token worth one cent, redeemable at this store. This was distributed by the store owner to try to get return patronage.

https://coins.ha.com/itm/civil-war-.../1169-6170.s?ic4=GalleryView-Thumbnail-071515

 

[Mason Jarr]

I don't know if you're familiar with the website, tokencatalog.com, but they have a very large catalog of tokens from the US and many other countries. I looked for your token under the Lowell, MI search and it's not listed. They usually like to know about new tokens that people find so you might consider contacting them. They're also good sources for researching tokens. The token editor for Michigan is Les Smith and his email is listed as tokensmith@ameritech.net Great job by you and the wife!

 

[jeff of pa]

https://www.civilwartokens.com/Event/LotDetails/2686614

 

[Jeff H]

That token is a nice find Triple D. Congrats.

 

[Dirty Digger Doug]

Thanks to all of you for the research. I tried and couldn't find anything. Sorry I misspelled his name. I can see in the photo his last name obviously starts with a B. Sometimes my bifocals don't work well for me. Merry Christmas to all of you.

 

[WG2020]

Dirty Digger Doug,

Very nice hunt - especially like your wife’s seated half dime. You are extremely fortunate that your wife likes to detect with you. Good luck with your hunts.

Walt

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice coin and token. Congrats to you and your wife on some nice finds.

 

[Digger RJ]

Very Nice!!!!! Congrats!!!!!

 

[jewelerguy]

excellent finds. that store card is really cool

 

[Calabash Digger]

Nice!!

 

[Wildcat1750]

Great hunt and great teamwork you two!