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because the mud looked like concrete, and he didn't have the money to buy an electrolysis machine.Wow, that turned out great! If I may ask a question. How were you able to wait 7 months to clean it? I don't know if I could wait 7 minutes to see what it was!
I've got things that decades old, and not cleaned yet.Wow, that turned out great! If I may ask a question. How were you able to wait 7 months to clean it? I don't know if I could wait 7 minutes to see what it was!
I found this token in a ghost town. It started in 1900, it is possible it is from that timeLove it. Too bad there's often no dates on tokens.
"IT'S HELL TO BE POOR" was a slogan common to many tokens, possibly going as far back as Hard Times tokens (ca. 1833-1843), though this token appears to be from the early 20th C.
Lots of embossed metal sign advertising for Baxter's, but haven't found anything on the tokens.
Get yourself a good cigar. It'll make you feel like a million bucks.I donāt know what itās like to be rich. Iām used to being poor š
Green & wrinkled? š²šš¤£Get yourself a good cigar. It'll make you feel like a million bucks.
That's what I did yesterday. Now I have an electrolysis machine. Thanks for the informationA very nice Token - congrats !
It's very easy to make a homemade Electrolysis Bath - for around $2.00 or $3.00.
I've cleaned hundreds of pieces with mine and have gotten very good results.
I use a plastic coffee can - a used telephone or game charger - two alligator clips and a steel washer.
There are Youtube video's you can watch on how to build and use one.
excellent to know that. thank you so muchCool token, and great job on the cleaning.
Underneath the āITāS HELL TO BE POORā slogan, it says āTHE GREENDUCK CO.ā in tiny letters, which was the token manufacturer (in Chicago). They were established in 1906, so thatās the earliest date for the token. Itās from their early history since, later, they split their company name into two words as āGREEN DUCKā.
The Baxter Cigar Company was based in Denver and owned by R. Y. Baxter, who retired from cigar manufacturing in 1911.
Do you happen to know if the company continued after 1911? Several advertising items purport to be from the 1930s.The Baxter Cigar Company was based in Denver and owned by R. Y. Baxter, who retired from cigar manufacturing in 1911.
Do you happen to know if the company continued after 1911? Several advertising items purport to be from the 1930s.
I also found a reference to "Roper & Baxter Cigar Co., Chicago, IL" but I think that may have pre-dated "Baxter Cigar Company".
That I donāt know, but I have a 1923 business directory for Denver and the Baxter company isnāt listed. I think some of the sellers for advertising paraphernalia are guessing the dates for what they have, and some say the company was in Victor, Colorado not Denver. They seem to have had agents in Victor and advertised widely there since it was at the tail-end of itās mining boom in the early 1900s. But as far as I know it was a Denver company, as said in this ad for another of their brands [the āelectric fishā referred to below was a novelty made from cellophane that moves around in your hand as a result of static electricity]:
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After retiring from the cigar industry, Robert Y. Baxter seems to have gone into the hotel business and commissioned the construction of the Baxter Hotel in Denver, which opened in 1912 (renamed the Rossonian Hotel in 1929).
As I said, the token itself is from before āGreenduckā changed to āGreen Duckā, which I think was in the early 1930s. The company name was originally intended as one word (derived from the names of its founders, George Greenburg & Henry Duckgeischel) but so often expressed by customers as two words that they ultimately restyled the name as āGreen Duckā.
Roper & Baxter was a wholesaler of cigars in Chicago, which went bust in 1895. I saw one eBay seller claiming his āBaxterās Drumā item was from Roper & Baxter, but I think heās mistaken. The two companies had no connection as far as I know.