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dar76124 Valued Member United States 401 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 12:54 pm A few weeks ago I posted this token and mentioned I has been unable to attribute it to a specific location. After a lot of internet searching and numerous dead ends I have found the following. 1) Per token catalog this token shares a reverse with 15 other tokens produced in 1901-1905 with 13 of those being from Washington state. 2) In 1902 the Del Monte Liquor House operated at 1502 Pacific Ave in Tacoma, WA. 3) 1502 Pacific Ave was built for the Union Savings Bank and was know as the "Savings Bank" building. The Del Monte Liquor House opened after the bank closed. 4) Del Monte Liquor House in the Savings Bank building = The Savings Bank Liquor House? Is this enough for an attribution? Report this Post to the Staff

jbuck Moderator United States 190135 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 1:03 pm Very interesting. Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7105 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 1:41 pm Quote: Is this enough for an attribution? Getting close, let me ask do you know when the bank first opened and when did if finally shut down and closed its doors for good? Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 401 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 1:51 pm The bank opened in 1891 and went into receivership in 1897. See below Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 98548 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 3:59 pm 12 ½ cents? odd denomination Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 190135 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 4:07 pm An eighth of a dollar. "Piece of Eight." One bit or half a quarter (a quarter is two bits). Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Roller42 New Member United States 21 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 9:28 pm A very interesting piece, for sure. Nice detective work. Report this Post to the Staff
ijn1944 Bedrock of the Community United States 19255 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 9:40 pm Liquor and a bank...a backdrop for a romcom... Report this Post to the Staff
Greasy Fingers Pillar of the Community United States 7105 Posts	Posted 07/06/2026 10:02 pm Quote: The bank opened in 1891 and went into receivership in 1897. See below Well that wraps up the loose end. Great bit of sleuthing... Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4981 Posts	Posted 07/07/2026 10:16 pm Looks like that would get you a pint of beer at the old Liquor House at the time if AI wasn't hallucinating. Sounds about right? Cool token! Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 401 Posts	Posted Yesterday 07:06 am I went through a number of AI hallucinations to get here but the Del Monte Liquor House and the Savings Bank are both documented in Tacoma city directories. What is very strange is that both Google AI and MS copilot told me the Savings Bank Liquor House was a saloon in Nome Alaska on Front street and that I could find the token listed in the Benice book on Alaska tokens. I have a copy of the book and when I told the AI it was not listed it admitted to the hallucination but told me the saloon was listed in the 1902 Polk directory for Nome which is not available online. I contacted the Alaska State Archives and they looked and it's not listed there either. When challenged both AIs admitted it was a complete hallucination. AI can be useful, I doubt I would have ever connected the Del Monte Liquor House with the Savings Bank on my own but they can really send you down some false paths. Report this Post to the Staff
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