Jack & Charles Speakeasy token (spinner). Pigs ass on the obverse

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cool token
 

Some history.........
The wrought-iron gate outside '21' is as much a part of the fabric of this New York establishment as the secret wine cellar and the celebrity clientele.
The gate itself actually dates back to 1926 when Jack Kriendler and Charlie Berns moved their Club Fronton from 88 Washington Place to 42 West 49th Street. The new bar was called The Puncheon (and a host of other names to confuse federal tax men!). But no sooner had the doors opened than they received notice that the Rockefeller Center was going to be built on the site, so Jack and Charlie received $11,000 from the landowner to vacate.
On January 1, 1930, with the help of a few patrons, they unhinged the gate from the doorway of No. 42 and installed it three blocks north at 21 West 52nd Street. '21' was officially opened.
Don......
 

Very nice! That's one clean "ass" token. lol
 

Nice "piece" of history there !
 

My wife said it's my most interesting find ever. Not the Barbers, LC's, KG's, or 1812 buttons. Nor the civil war buckle or colonial shoe buckles. Go figure I just needed this....

-Happy Hunting!
 

My wife said it's my most interesting find ever. Not the Barbers, LC's, KG's, or 1812 buttons. Nor the civil war buckle or colonial shoe buckles. Go figure I just needed this.... -Happy Hunting!
That's funny man! Very nice find indeed. My girl doesn't get too excited about my dirty old coins or buttons. But she puts up with all my stupid antics so whatever
 

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