Nebraska Token, My first find on my own !!!

[kilocycle]

I found this yesterday, With a Minelab Explorer 2 , I can't find any information on it, So any would be appreciated.

M.F. & CO. 25 c 1899 Omaha, NEB about 25mm wide Aluminum ( I'm guessing )

Thank-You! and Happy Hunting !

 

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[trapperart]

Welcome to the forum and congrats on your first find nice token

 

[kilocycle]

Thank-You.

 

[against the wind]

Very nice find.
We have a few token experts here on Tnet.
That token will be identified.
Congrats on your find and welcome to TNET

 

[Captain Caveman]

Welcome aboard TNet! That is an awesome token! Try looking it up at TokenCatalog.com

 

[Loco-Digger]

Welcome to Tnet and a big congrats on digging that cool token. Old tokens are just as good to find as silver or older coins in my eyes. Looking forward to seeing your future finds.

 

[SirWalterRaleigh]

Great job on that cool token. All I ever find are the ones from Chuck E. Cheese's

 

[laidback4sho]

Great job on that cool token. All I ever find are the ones from Chuck E. Cheese's

Lol, funny that you mention that. Day before yesterday, I found my first ever Chuck E. Cheese token.

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[46Wheat]

Congrats on the token and welcome to TNET . Cant wait to see more of your finds

 

[j.d. in the usa]

nice token!!@!@

 

[Dakota Sioux]

I would not be surprised if that was a midway token from the Greater America Exposition in Omaha 1899

 

[kilocycle]

DS, That is where my thoughts went as well, I have looked at the tokencatalog site, and googled 1899GAE, and still found nothing, I hope someone here will ID it. Thank-You.

 

[Dakota Sioux]

If you dug that near Kountze Park, I would say that's a winner.

 

[idahotokens]

That token is listed in the NETCC Nebraska Trade Tokens book, but with no further information. I find in the 1900 Omaha City Directory a listing for the Amusement Check Co. - Wm E. Gale & Llewellyn C. Marsden - 631 Paxton Block. Gale was a meat salesman and Marsden was a typewriter salesman about this time. The Amusement Check Company was not listed in other City Directories.

It looks to me like Gale and Marsden hatched a scheme to make some money. Here's their first ad from the Omaha Daily Bee. The Hanmer's Method tokens (as shown in the ad) have been the subject of quite a bit of debate - I thought they were from Detroit as that was where Alfred W. Hanmer lived in 1900, but others thought Detroit or Richmond, VA. More research is needed and I still can't quite figure why the Omaha token unless Gale and Marsden figured they could save money by having their own version of the Hanmer check.

 

[kilocycle]

Good morning !
Fantastic info Idahotokens! I found this placard online for A,W, Hanmer's . He apparently was quite a shifty character, His name is listed in several lawsuits, 1 of which went to the Michigan Supreme Court over a case involving 25 bushels of "Bohemian Oats" . I wonder, Does the NETCC give any information on who or what " M.F. & CO. " were? I presume they were the merchant the token was pressed for?
Thank-You. KC

 

[Trezurehunter]

Very nice old token. Welcome to the forum.