Penny size token WF chute pasco club

[KJ&nugget]

Hi folks.

I hit this coin today in an old parking area for a marina that has long since been gone.

It says good for 5c In trade on one side and on the other

Pasco club pasco wash

WF chute prop.

It looks like a common copper penny, in size and material.

Any idea of the vintage?

5 cents in trade leads me to believe early 1900s ?

Have not been able to get much for five cents in trade for longer then I can remember.

 

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[QUICKSILVER (appletree)]

maybe there was some sort of club in Pasco, Washington

 

[nhbenz]

Picture of identical item, but no information; Washington 7 1 2c Kennewick 5c Pasco Antique Tokens | eBay

 

[Mackaydon]

PASCO CLUB / PASCO, / WASH. / W.F. CHUTE, PROP. (TC-27910) Pasco, Washington (Franklin County), U.S.A.
Don.....
PS: Here's one for sale for $2:
http://www.holidays.net/store/Pasco-Wa-Wn-Wash-Pasco-CLub-W-F-Chute-Brass-Token_160974638941.html

 

[KJ&nugget]

Yep thats the one, I wish I new the vintage of this.

 

[Mackaydon]

I'm just guessing this is the same 'W.F. Chute, Proprietor: Scroll down to CLIFTON where you'll read:
"Rebel Hill Road marks Clifton Corners, the historic center of town. One of the old houses still stands here. On the north side of the Airline was the home and store of W. F. Chute. Chute bought barrel hoops and had a hoop shop. He also owned orange groves in Florida. Guy Campbell and his brothers used to cut, split, and shave hoop poles for Chute. The post office was almost always located at the Corners."
Don........

 

[Mackaydon]

He ran for public office in Pasco in 1915 so maybe 1915-1925 would be a realistic date range, for starters, for your token.
Don...

 

[idahotokens]

William F. Chute is listed in the 1900 Seattle Census as "Awning Maker", in the 1910 Seattle Census as "Barber - Own Shop", in the 1920 Pasco Census as "Merchant - Cigars & Tobacco", and in the 1930 Pasco Census as "Merchant - Cigar Store". He died in Pasco 4 Mar 1934. It is likely that he had the tokens made when he established his business in Pasco between 1910 and 1915.
John in the Great 208