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nu-bee New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 12:51 am Hello; I need some assistance with identifying a token I recently found. it appears to be made of copper/bronze/brass and it is roughly the diameter of a us nickel. It has the letters w - b with the number '5' centered below the letters. the pictures show what the coins rotation looks like when both sides are compared to each other when flipped over. beyond that I can not tell you much of anything. I am, as my name suggests, very new to the token world so any and all help would be greatly appreciated. thank you in advance. nu-bee Edited by Staff to remove YELLING Edited by nu-bee 12/15/2011 12:58 am Report this Post to the Staff

ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4417 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 10:58 am Welcome aboard. Your maverick token is one that I've never seen. IMHO, the odds of identifying this one are slim as there are no clues in its makeup. Judging from the fabric of it, my guess is that it's over a hundred years old. Back then, a cigar, a beer and many other itms could be had for a nickel. The "5" could represent the equivalent of five cents, but it could also amount to 5 oysters or any number of other items as a counter. The mystery and history that combine in these old tokens is a great part of their allure for many; less so, their value, condition and such. This website might help provide some clues, if not an answer for you: http://tokencatalog.com/ Look for tokens that appear similar in design. Start looking in the geographical area that this token was found. Enjoy the hunt! Report this Post to the Staff
CheetahCats Pillar of the Community United States 731 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 11:19 pm Indeed Exo. And the specimen looks manually punched to me. It could also be a picker check. Picker checks were issued to folks in the canning, fisheries, and agriculture business. As certain quantities of a crop, etc., was harvested, workers were issued tokens. At the end of a work period (day, week, etc.) they would turn in all of their tokens. Based on the quantities of tokens turned-in determined the amount they received in compensation. Russell Rulau, in his Standard Catalog of United States Tokens 1700-1900 Fourth Edition, lists an issuer of picker checks in Anne Arundel county, Maryland, Crownsville, with the initials WB. It can be found on page 670. Edited by CheetahCats 12/15/2011 11:21 pm Report this Post to the Staff
amida17 Pillar of the Community United States 4897 Posts	Posted 12/15/2011 11:36 pm Wow! As per usual impressesd with both Exo and Cheetah...even when you are not sure you express very informative and accurate ideas! Report this Post to the Staff
nu-bee New Member United States 4 Posts	Posted 12/16/2011 03:01 am Thanks for pointing me in a defined direction I did the best I could researching this on my own before I broke down and asked for your help. By the time I had finished I had more question about it than when I first started ... and without a clue as to where to look next. Thanks again for your help Gentlemen. Your efforts did not go unnoticed nor unappreciated. Respectfully yours Nu-bee Report this Post to the Staff
satxwd Valued Member United States 321 Posts	Posted 12/16/2011 10:52 pm Whatever you have here it's an old, cool example. Nice. Report this Post to the Staff
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