Token??

BOZ

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I need some help this one. It has a 5 on one side with “Fairbanks & Cock” and “Atlanta Ga” on the other. It has another word in between but all I can make out is that it starts with an M and ends with ‘S.
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Fairbanks and Cock is a dangerous Google search. :lol:[/QUOTE]

Haha tell me about it. That’s why I’m asking y’all now lol


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Can you clean it up a bit more and take a clearer picture of the Fairbanks side??
I can't make out how long the word missing is, but could it be Merchants??
 
Can you clean it up a bit more and take a clearer picture of the Fairbanks side??

I can't make out how long the word missing is, but could it be Merchants??



I’ll try. The lettering is very faint and hard to catch in a picture but it may be “merchant’s”. The lettering is in two arches that make the shape of a football.
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I’ll try. The lettering is very faint and hard to catch in a picture but it may be “merchant’s”. The lettering is in two arches that make the shape of a football.
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Could it be Fairbanks and Co?

There is a 120 year old Fairbanks and Co business in Rome, Georgia. Not sure if that is close to Atlanta.
 
Thanks for the replies. I’m going to keep looking into it. I’ll post an update if I can figure something out.


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I believe the word is “maker’s”. It also appears that there are letters above and to the left of the “5” but I cannot make them out.

The only references to researching a Fairbanks & Co. actually in Atlanta led to two possibilities. One being the Fairbanks & Co, Chicago...later named the Fairbanks-Morse Co, a manufacturer of scales, later with an office in Atlanta.

The other is the more likely and backed by early newspaper articles and advertising.

The N.K. Fairbanks Co, also advertised as The NKF Co., Fairbanks Co., NK Fairbank & Co(‘s). had a branch in Atlanta. Primarily known as a lard processor or for making Fairy Soap and Santa Claus Soap, they also manufactured animal and baking products. They moved manufacturing to the south in 1921.

I tried all possibilities for Fairbanks & Coc_ but found nothing for Atlanta.

Two 1909 articles:

https://books.google.com/books?id=P...=onepage&q=n.k. fairbanks co, atlanta&f=false (pg. 15)

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galile...text=&proxtext=&andtext=Fairbanks+&+Co&page=9

Advertising:

https://www.porkopolis.org/pig_artist/nk-fairbanks-trade-cards/

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-n-k-fairbanks-co-santa-claus-soap-wood

Still, I cannot definitively tie that token to any Fairbanks business in Atlanta but “maker’s” was used by late 1800-early 1900s businesses, as in the case of Fairbanks & Co. banjos:

http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/ACFairbanksandco.html
 
I believe the word is “maker’s”. It also appears that there are letters above and to the left of the “5” but I cannot make them out.

The only references to researching a Fairbanks & Co. actually in Atlanta led to two possibilities. One being the Fairbanks & Co, Chicago...later named the Fairbanks-Morse Co, a manufacturer of scales, later with an office in Atlanta.

The other is the more likely and backed by early newspaper articles and advertising.

The N.K. Fairbanks Co, also advertised as The NKF Co., Fairbanks Co., NK Fairbank & Co(‘s). had a branch in Atlanta. Primarily known as a lard processor or for making Fairy Soap and Santa Claus Soap, they also manufactured animal and baking products. They moved manufacturing to the south in 1921.

I tried all possibilities for Fairbanks & Coc_ but found nothing for Atlanta.

Two 1909 articles:

https://books.google.com/books?id=P...=onepage&q=n.k. fairbanks co, atlanta&f=false (pg. 15)

https://gahistoricnewspapers.galile...text=&proxtext=&andtext=Fairbanks+&+Co&page=9

Advertising:

https://www.porkopolis.org/pig_artist/nk-fairbanks-trade-cards/

https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/antique-n-k-fairbanks-co-santa-claus-soap-wood

Still, I cannot definitively tie that token to any Fairbanks business in Atlanta but “maker’s” was used by late 1800-early 1900s businesses, as in the case of Fairbanks & Co. banjos:

http://hschwartz.com/FairbanksBanjos/ACFairbanksandco.html


Awesome! Thanks for the help with the research.


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COC = Chamber of Commerce?

I actually think that there is a fourth letter in the acronym, based on where the F is in Fairbanks. It looks like an A to me, but I can't find an acronym that would make any sense with COCA.

Also, it looks like there could be a faint line that could make the first letter a G , but that wasn't any help.
 
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It does look like there is a fourth letter. Either A or K....but I can’t make sense of that.
Seems that the Kenosha Kid and Stiffwrists have almost got it figured out for me. Looks like it’s going to be a tag from some type of product or piece of equipment.
Thanks for all the help and replies guys


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