✅ SOLVED I found this token yesterday in my yard. An old Victorian Home. Someone shot a hole through it in years past.

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Chas fry & Co./ Chas is old abbreviation of Charles. Whats the other word Silver*ou*
 

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Cool token! Wonder just how many pre 1920 bar and billiard hall tokens San Francisco had? Be a good category to collect, had 3 great uncles move there about 1897. at least one worked as a cigar maker and saloon worker.
 

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nagant said:
Chas fry & Co./ Chas is old abbreviation of Charles. Whats the other word Silver*ou*
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Silver Cup. A cup is displayed on the back. Thank you for the id.
 

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Question for the group... Isn't the hole actually punched through rather than shot? I'm under the impression that most holes in coins were put there to facilitate stringing in an attempt to prevent losing them. In this case it didn't work! LOL
 

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ODELLRORRER said:
Question for the group... Isn't the hole actually punched through rather than shot? I'm under the impression that most holes in coins were put there to facilitate stringing in an attempt to prevent losing them. In this case it didn't work! LOL
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You might be correct. That’s what my wife thought.
 

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nagant said:
Cool token! Wonder just how many pre 1920 bar and billiard hall tokens San Francisco had? Be a good category to collect, had 3 great uncles move there about 1897. at least one worked as a cigar maker and saloon worker.
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What great research. Thank you. Our home was built around 1870’s in Petaluma California. I’ve found numerous silver coins. A 1900 Morgan Silver Dollar. I’ve pretty much hunted it out. Yesterday I changed settings on the Nox. 800. I went Field 2 and Recovery 2. Within minutes I hit this token 8” deep.
 

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Chas fry & Co./ Chas is old abbreviation of Charles. Whats the other word Silver*ou*
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Nagant, how do I change the note from “unidentified” to “identified” and credit you?
 

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Mackaydon said:
Chas. Fey started his business in 1896. Soon thereafter he had a son and changed the name on his tokens to Chas. Fey and Son. So my guess is the taken is either 1896 or 1897.
Don in SoCal.
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Very nice. Thank you! Great information.
 

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That was quite valuable in its day. Some saloons gave a free dinner with the purchase of a nickel beer. I’d weigh 700 lbs if a nickel did that today!😂. Very nice token 👍🏼
 

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