Please Help Me Identify This Worn Out 1820 Token!

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RubyOpal Valued Member United States 109 Posts	Posted 07/19/2018 4:32 pm I think this may be an entrance token for a public bath? I've never heard of such a thing, though. Width is about 1 1/16 inch. * Moved by Staff moved to a more appropriate forum. * Edited by RubyOpal 07/19/2018 4:34 pm Report this Post to the Staff

Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 07/19/2018 5:21 pm Public baths are as old as history that records them, Yours looks to be more of a British style. You have to remember that indoor plumbing and every house/apt with a bathtub/shower is a recent phenom. We have a number of token people from across the pond so they may reconize it. They were more popular in the larger cities. sometimes given out by hotels for the local bathhouse. In small towns,out west the local barber shop often had either a shower or hgot water tub out back for the dirty traveler. Today they generally are used in campgrounds and outdoor locations . Restroom token are still popular and in use across the states today. Report this Post to the Staff
Crazyb0 Rest in Peace 10197 Posts	Posted 07/19/2018 5:51 pm 1820 is the far end of the Conder tokens of England of 1787-1812 and the coat of arms I don't think is British. Belguim/Netherland and the other that comes to mind is Spain. Tokens were indeed common, money was rather tight and merchants would issue these as credit. Report this Post to the Staff
1c5d7n5m Pillar of the Community Belgium 1185 Posts	Posted 07/19/2018 6:45 pm this is a copper piece from Sumatra (part of the former Dutch Indies = INDIA BATAV.) now Indonesia half stuiver, copper coin equivalent to 1/4 of a British penny 1820 was the first year of issue of this type https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces43473.html Report this Post to the Staff
aiglet7 Pillar of the Community Canada 695 Posts	Posted 07/19/2018 7:05 pm I believe this may be your coin:- https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces44603.html It is hard to tell the original value but the inscription is definitely INDIA BATAV and has nothing to do with 'bath houses'! Report this Post to the Staff
RubyOpal Valued Member United States 109 Posts	Posted 07/19/2018 10:30 pm Quote: ...nothing to do with 'bath houses'! . I've been puzzling over this one for months and could think of no other token-y word starting with BAT! Thanks so much to all who answered! I really thought this one was a lost cause. Should have known this community would have people who could recognize it in a heartbeat! Edited by RubyOpal 07/20/2018 9:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
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