Some kind of store token? Its the size of a nickel...

[testing123]

Some kind of store token? It's the size of a nickel...

Found this at a location that yielded nothing older than the 1940s. It's the size of a nickel, and unfortunately, not much is discernible on it. I see what looks like an "H" on one side, and, I may be stretching here, but maybe the outline of a 5 on the other side? Can anyone identify what this could be?

 

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[mustangpalmer1911]

Interestiong. That looks like it would clean up good.

 

[HutSiteDigger]

You should see if you can at least clean up the good side of the coin or both sides, you might as well try!.. I know with the right cleaning and light brushing you can may be able too make it out better than what it is now. I was trying to focus in on the coin and this is just a shot out of the dark but it is got similar too the 1860s nickels, they were pretty common to find in large civil war areas like fredericksburg or stafford,virginia! the few I have dug were in awful soil or fertilized field (almost looking as if the coin had farm chemical damage from fertilizer) and have come out looking like your coin! good luck with it...

 

[testing123]

At first glance, a shield nickel is the closest match if it is a coin. That was the first thing I thought of and heavily scrutinized to ultimately rule it out. I'm leaning towards some kind of token now. It's looking like you can almost make out "GOOD FOR" at the top of this image, and a "5c" looks to be showing itself.

 

[idahotokens]

I definitely see GOOD FOR / 5¢ and then what appears to be large cursive script word starting with S - maybe Sego or some such? There are a number of maverick tokens you can see on TokenCatalog.com that just have a large H on the obverse, but none that seem to match this one. In most cases, H would have been the initial of the proprietor who didn't really want his name to be known in this way.
John in the Great 208

 

[taz42o]

Is this it? edit Guess thats not it 5 is too big and no cent mark.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

I see "Good for 5 cents sugar" but I could be wrong.....

 

[nhbenz]

My guess is that it says Sigar, an old time alternate spelling of cigar.

Updated: no, I now see that I was just finding this misspelling in old printed ads, and doubt it would have made it so far as to appear on a token (before being corrected).

 

[idahotokens]

nhbenz--I think you might be right, except "Segar" - there are a number of tokens that carry that word. So a token good for a 5¢ segar is a definite possibility.
John in the Great 208

 

[testing123]

Looks like we are pretty close! I think in terms of trying to track down the exact company may be rough going here. But thanks everyone for your input!! Any idea in what age it could be?