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Todd620 New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 05/06/2015 10:06 am Report this Post to the Staff

Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 05/06/2015 12:12 pm to ccf, you found THE right place to learn about almost any small round thing made made of metal Maybe it one of those old mining town token. They wouldn't pay them in cash but in "company money" they could only spend in the company run town. Then workers started to revolt and Pinkertons were called in to quell the uprising but did so by shooting any workers still resisting causing riots. A very interesting part of history from the industrial revolution... Again, I am only speculating on your token being one of these but start your research there Edited by Cascade 05/06/2015 12:16 pm Report this Post to the Staff
Cascade Pillar of the Community United States 7390 Posts	Posted 05/06/2015 12:14 pm Oh wait, I just saw Toronto on it. Not sure if they had those towns in Canada but maybe? Report this Post to the Staff
publius Pillar of the Community United States 807 Posts	Posted 05/06/2015 3:06 pm This is, as it says on it, a co-op token. Here's a good discussion of a British one. Report this Post to the Staff
ExoGuy Pillar of the Community United States 4416 Posts	Posted 05/06/2015 8:27 pm Welcome to the CCF, Todd. How about showing us a pic of the flip-side? I found this association listed in a 1910 Toronto City directory at 75 Yonge Street. This helps to date the token. I found mention of a similar co-op in Guelph, some years earlier. Report this Post to the Staff
Todd620 New Member Canada 2 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 09:52 am there is no back side per say the item is one sided, as the imprint is the back side light metal, looks like it may have been used for a copy? Report this Post to the Staff
X2an Pillar of the Community Sweden 1078 Posts	Posted 05/07/2015 10:09 am I don't think it's aluminium. It looks very thin, as with many other company tokens. As for actual material, I can't say anything definite, but I'd guess it's zinc. I've got myself plenty of company tokens made out of zinc, some of which are so thin they are bendable. Report this Post to the Staff
Anaximander Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 709 Posts	Posted 05/09/2015 10:59 am I have quite a few CO OP tokens similar to this from the UK. Quite a few are of a tinny lightweight metal showing the front in reverse on the back. I think they were made this way for cheapness. Report this Post to the Staff
Gyrene7483 Pillar of the Community United States 1704 Posts	Posted 06/06/2015 12:19 am It's a good for token of a sort. A web site called Token Catalog may shed some more information about it. Report this Post to the Staff
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