Token I.d. help

[rvrpilot]

Found this token on a home site last year,a few months later I was reading the local paper and seen were a 97 year old person with the same last name had pasted away.It was recovered in Illinois and is about the size of a quarter,on the front it says Stiritz's pool & billards,the back has good for a 5 cent drink, Has anyone ever came across one of these or have any info on this token?

Rvrpilot

 

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[Mackaydon]

There is an area called Stiritz, Illinois, just north of Johnston City in Williamson County, Illinois--just west of Interstate 57

 

[Kieth-Tx]

Appears to be a Maverick token. There are collectors for tokens of each state...although I do not know the worth of yours...it would be wise to check with more than 1 collector to determine the worth of yours. Kieth

 

[Bramblefind]

Possible business association- 1901-02 Alton, Illinois Directory-

 

[rvrpilot]

The token was found within 15 miles or so from Alton,bet it came from that so called sample room, thanks alot for the info! rvrpilot

 

[intimer]

not found anything in dunn bradstreet or maverick listing...good luck.

 

[Woodland Detectors]

If Intimer can't find it.
It's most likely a rarer one.

 

[intimer]

dunn and bradstreet you have to begin with the state and town.
so you had said stiritz and johnson city as well as alton so here's what i found.
nothing for stiritz or alton but this is only one month in one year of business listing. these dunn bradstreets, i believe, were monthly or at least quarterly. it is a book to have for sure. i found it around the early 1980's have used it for reference many times. they are about six inches thick.

anyway back to johnson city. i did find one listing and it was interesting but not exact, the sample room may be a better lead, but here goes.

there was a stiritz hdwe. co. listed in johnson city. it showed they were hdwe, furn, & undtkrs.

so sitirtz was a town, a pool room, a hdwe store, sample room. looks like they were in johnson city, stiritz, and alton.
i believe there is a pool hall or billiard book published. it would be interesting to find more on this---i never heard of a sample room that may have had a bowling alley and therefore maybe a pool/billiard room. really cool token, don't clean it.