Posted 06/24/2016 12:21 am
Great token, Dustin, and it's in super condition for being about a hundred years old! The swastika was simply a good luck symbol back then. In fact, there were many U.S. social clubs for ladies that adopted the swastika symbol back then. There were a great many businesses that issued swastika tokens for advertising pocket pieces and discounts. Even politicians issued them for their election campaigns. The Boy Scouts even adopted the symbol for use on their materials.
While I've seen and owned a number of these over many years of collecting, I've never before seen yours. So, I suspecting it's a scarce one, in the least.
What I find to be the coolest aspect of your token is the history that can be attached to it. Check out this website about the business ... http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id50.htm
If you scroll down the page, you can see a token like yours, but it's not nearly as high a grade. Cool, huh?
While I've seen and owned a number of these over many years of collecting, I've never before seen yours. So, I suspecting it's a scarce one, in the least.
What I find to be the coolest aspect of your token is the history that can be attached to it. Check out this website about the business ... http://www.myalcaponemuseum.com/id50.htm
If you scroll down the page, you can see a token like yours, but it's not nearly as high a grade. Cool, huh?
