Please Help Identify This Trade Coin

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Makakoa85937 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 03/22/2019 8:30 pm I live Snowflake, AZ and this morning while trying out my new Metal Detector I found a Trade Coin, the front shows "Good for 5 (cent sign) in Trade, the rear has "The (cannot read the rest) arched across the top, midway reads "Broadway" below that "Fresno" and below that "Calif." I have searched the net all day and cannot find anything that matches this coin. I know that coin is in real bad shape, but I'm more interested with the novelty of it than the worth as Snowflake was a Cattle Town and a route from Silver City, NM to Winslow, AZ. Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34419 Posts	Posted 03/22/2019 9:04 pm @Makakoa85937, first welcome to CCF. Second, that is a neat find that you have there. My go-to website for identifying tokens is tokencatalog.com and when I search that site using the keywords BROADWAY FRESNO CALIF., I don't get a hit for your token. As you can see, the only 5 cent piece made in aluminum with those words is from "Casino Pool Hall". Hopefully others here can get you an exact attribution. http://tokencatalog.com/display_rec...splayRecords "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
chafemasterj Pillar of the Community United States 6514 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 07:02 am Cool find. Just wanted to welcome you to the Forum. You've come to a phenomenal place to share and learn. Enjoy! Edit: I checked Numista which I'm sure you did and came up with nothing. https://en.numista.com/catalogue/in...&p=1&x=0&y=0 Check out my counterstamped Lincoln Cent collection: http://goccf.com/t/303507 Edited by chafemasterj 03/23/2019 07:06 am Report this Post to the Staff
Jadey Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 07:34 am As a detectorist, that is half the fun of it. It is likely a token from a store (once) located on Broadway street in Fresno. I'm sure the answer is underneath the crud/corrosion on the obverse. A toothpick would be a good way to start. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5245 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 08:21 am That is a good find. Most of the "good for" tokens were issued in numbers of a few thousand at most, sometimes a few hundred. Once the issuing store closed the tokens had limited value so often very few survived. You might have the only one! If you can scrape enough of the corrosion away to identify the store, you should put it in the token catalogue. Report this Post to the Staff
Jadey Pillar of the Community United States 900 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 09:55 am @Spence Thanks for that link to the token catalog. I have a token from my great-great grandfather's store that needs an image in the catalog, so I'm going to upload it. There's always something to be learned here. Report this Post to the Staff
Makakoa85937 New Member United States 2 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 10:27 pm Thank you to all who replied so far. I'm going to do some more research and see what turns up. I'll keep the post updated. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 188770 Posts	Posted 03/23/2019 10:39 pm to the Community! 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
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