Token

[Coinstriking Michigan]

Found this on the edge of a sidewalk, not sure how old though. "Sam Thomas Newkirk, Oklahoma" on front. "Good for 5 cents in trade" on back.

 

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[Coinstriking Michigan]

Sorry, forgot to resize it and then when I modified it, it still left the big one.

 

[Mackaydon]

A few years ago another one showed up on TNet--but nothing of significance was learned. I wonder if the token has anything to do with being a souvenir from the Kaw Indian casino just out of town??
Don....

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

A few years ago another one showed up on TNet--but nothing of significance was learned. I wonder if the token has anything to do with being a souvenir from the Kaw Indian casino just out of town??
Don....

Not sure, I figured it may be in a book of tokens or something, I just don't have access to one.

 

[idahotokens]

This token is shown in Chadwick's Oklahoma Exonumia book, but with no historical information. There are other tokens shown from Thomas Bros. grocery & meat market and from J. S. Thomas. Tokencatalog.com shows a token from Samuel & George Thomas' St. Joe Saloon. The 1910 Census shows the Samuel Thomas family, Samuel being 62 and perhaps retired as no occupation is shown. He has two sons, George who is shown as "proprietor - pool hall", and Ira who is shown as "manager - pool hall". There is also a Eugene E. Thomas family in which there is a son, Samuel, who is a "druggist - drug store" I don't find listings for the Samuel Thomas family in the 1920 Census. The 1930 Census shows a Sam L. Thomas who is a "cook - cafe". I suspect this Sam Thomas is a son or nephew to the Samuel Thomas of 1910, and he may well have been the one who had the tokens made. This token appears to me to be a ca. 1920 pool hall token.
John in ID

 

[Coinstriking Michigan]

This token is shown in Chadwick's Oklahoma Exonumia book, but with no historical information. There are other tokens shown from Thomas Bros. grocery & meat market and from J. S. Thomas. Tokencatalog.com shows a token from Samuel & George Thomas' St. Joe Saloon. The 1910 Census shows the Samuel Thomas family, Samuel being 62 and perhaps retired as no occupation is shown. He has two sons, George who is shown as "proprietor - pool hall", and Ira who is shown as "manager - pool hall". There is also a Eugene E. Thomas family in which there is a son, Samuel, who is a "druggist - drug store" I don't find listings for the Samuel Thomas family in the 1920 Census. The 1930 Census shows a Sam L. Thomas who is a "cook - cafe". I suspect this Sam Thomas is a son or nephew to the Samuel Thomas of 1910, and he may well have been the one who had the tokens made. This token appears to me to be a ca. 1920 pool hall token.
John in ID

Well thank you very much, I enjoy finding old tokens.