Estate Sale Tokens!

[old digger]

I found this jar of tokens in an old wooden box that I bought at an estate sale. I paid $15.00 for 6 boxes of which 2 were old wooden ones.
I'm not sure if any are of some value?


1 2

There were 55 of these 1/5 cent tokens

34

Utah 5 and 1 cent tokens. 16 of the 5, 7 of the 1.

56

12 of these.

78

910

1112

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

Not sure if some have value...?? Yes some do !! Looks like you need to get a token book.

Keep @ it and HH !!

 

[mammoth29]

Cool to see the Utah tokens, though they themselves are not worth much. You may have a thing or two in here worth something, hopefully an "expert" chimes in. BTW- bottom right picture, one with square in middle, that is actually an old Chinese coin not a token.

Great finds!

 

[The Boots]

Nice tokens. Don't know of the value.

 

[old digger]

Cool to see the Utah tokens, though they themselves are not worth much. You may have a thing or two in here worth something, hopefully an "expert" chimes in. BTW- bottom right picture, one with square in middle, that is actually an old Chinese coin not a token.

Great finds!

My apologies, I am aware that the Chinese coin is not a token, but thought I would include it since it was in with the tokens.

 

[old digger]

I was really curious about the value of the token in the 9th and 10th photo, top left corner. The ''Arthur House'' 2 cent token. Thanks for looking!

 

[frankendime]

Nice find on the tokens. I really dig buying old boxes full of stuff from sales. Especially if they are to busy (or lazy) to go through them. Find my best stuff that way...

 

[Mackaydon]

Arthur House token: About 1870. "Afterward he became proprietor of the Arthur House, the leading hotel of Liberty."
Source: Clay County, Missouri Genealogy Trails
Don.......
PS: The Arthur House is the story of Michael Arthur--found here:
Michael Arthur (1800 - 1884) - Find A Grave Memorial

 

[old digger]

Nice find on the tokens. I really dig buying old boxes full of stuff from sales. Especially if they are to busy (or lazy) to go through them. Find my best stuff that way...

You are right on about that, and when they are so eager to sell at such low prices so they don't have to worry about hauling it off.

 

[old digger]

Arthur House token: About 1870. "Afterward he became proprietor of the Arthur House, the leading hotel of Liberty."
Source: Clay County, Missouri Genealogy Trails
Don.......
PS: The Arthur House is the story of Michael Arthur--found here:
Michael Arthur (1800 - 1884) - Find A Grave Memorial

Thank you Don! Do have any idea what a value would be?

 

[old digger]

They are still trying to sell the house, and the old garage still has stuff in it. I even got permision to metal detect the yard and am going to go before it gets sold.

 

[Mackaydon]

I don't know the value of the token but it could be enhanced with added history--like this:
Michael Arthur (d.1884) was a banker who came to Clay County from Kentucky in 1825. He considered himself the “architect” of his own fortune, having borrowed $200 in 1827, only to leverage that into several successful real estate and business holdings. He was president of the Pro-Slavery Aid Association, which sent men and means into Kansas to further the pro-slavery cause. He was said to be a great benefactor to his slaves, paying them for their labor. When the slaves were liberated after the Civil War, his were given considerable sums of money and acres of land. Along with General Alexander Doniphan and Edward M. Samuel, he organized and led the Liberty Insurance company. He built the first railroad between Hannibal and St. Joseph, Mo., and was the most generous investor in the construction of Liberty’s first hotel in 1855, which was named for him: the Arthur House Hotel.
Don.....