wheatfinder13
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- Nov 23, 2012
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Hello y'all
In April 2014 I found a trade token at a house on my street. The trade token read
"J.d. Brown" on the obverse and "good for 5 c in trade"
After pondering on it for a while, a fellow member on treasure net concluded that it was from a general store owned by a James d. Brown in 1915 about 10 miles away based on the name The land where my block is was not even developed in 1915, but in the 1930s. But This attribution seemed reasonable at the time.
In February 2015, I found another one at the same location, which niether confirmed or denied the previous attribution. They were both exactly the same. I still thought the token could be from the general store across town in 1915. I figured the people who lived in the house had some relation to j. D. Brown.
This changed when I found a third identical token In a house one street over and 2 blocks away. It is not complete but without a doubt the same token. The house this third token was found in was built in 1950.
The tokens are obviously local but are not in the Louisiana trade token catalog. They were well known enough to be found on 2 streets but not well enough to be in the token catalog or anywhere online.
It now seems unlikely that the same token for a place across town would be found at 2 houses in an area not inhabited for another 20 years. If you have any info on this situation, please chime in. I will be very very grateful. The mystery is driving me nuts. Sorry to ramble on. Thanks
In April 2014 I found a trade token at a house on my street. The trade token read
"J.d. Brown" on the obverse and "good for 5 c in trade"
After pondering on it for a while, a fellow member on treasure net concluded that it was from a general store owned by a James d. Brown in 1915 about 10 miles away based on the name The land where my block is was not even developed in 1915, but in the 1930s. But This attribution seemed reasonable at the time.
In February 2015, I found another one at the same location, which niether confirmed or denied the previous attribution. They were both exactly the same. I still thought the token could be from the general store across town in 1915. I figured the people who lived in the house had some relation to j. D. Brown.
This changed when I found a third identical token In a house one street over and 2 blocks away. It is not complete but without a doubt the same token. The house this third token was found in was built in 1950.
The tokens are obviously local but are not in the Louisiana trade token catalog. They were well known enough to be found on 2 streets but not well enough to be in the token catalog or anywhere online.
It now seems unlikely that the same token for a place across town would be found at 2 houses in an area not inhabited for another 20 years. If you have any info on this situation, please chime in. I will be very very grateful. The mystery is driving me nuts. Sorry to ramble on. Thanks
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