1860's Milwaukee Token

milco

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• Mar 29, 2020

• #1

Hello All,
I found this token at a street construction project last fall. B.A. Westhoff / W. & J. / Milwaukee. This token is 23mm in diameter. Here is the token which is blank on the other side and a page from the 1863 Milwaukee City Directory.

 

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GroundSweeper

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• Mar 30, 2020

• #2

I dunno what it is but I love tokens, maybe because I don’t find many. Very nice token, love the history. Congrats!

 

cellrdwellr

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• Mar 30, 2020

• #3

Wow really cool piece, I wonder if it was used as advertising or was actually considered currency. I'm assuming advertising, considering there's no value written on it. Thanks for sharing!