Dan Hurley Middle Falls 5c Cigar Token

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levinll New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 09:16 am I've done a search via Google and have come up empty on this token. Perhaps someone on this forum has knowledge/information regarding this item. Thanks ! Report this Post to the Staff

oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5242 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 10:03 am Most of these "good for" tokens were issued in small numbers, often 1000 or less. It might be the only survivor. From the looks of it, it may be on life support. How many places in the US are named "middle falls"? Report this Post to the Staff
levinll New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 10:17 am I only found one reference to Middle Falls, and that was in NY. Report this Post to the Staff
Circus Pillar of the Community United States 3079 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 11:24 am http://tokencatalog.com/display_rec...All+Listings try here Report this Post to the Staff
levinll New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 11:56 am Thanks for the link. My searches came up empty. Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5242 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 12:21 pm If you can find an old business/ phone directory for Middle Falls, NY, you might be able to track thie name down. These may not be on-line-maybe a local library has them. This seems to be the pre-WWII style or even older. Report this Post to the Staff
levinll New Member United States 7 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 12:37 pm Weren't tokens printed out when coins were scarce as well as a way to get "free" advertising ? Report this Post to the Staff
oriole Pillar of the Community Canada 5242 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 2:48 pm Quote: Weren't tokens printed out when coins were scarce as well as a way to get "free" advertising ? @levinll, yes, this was often the case. In more modern times, I don't think that there was much of a coin shortage, but advertising and promotion was significant. I think that it was a reward for customer loyalty, too: Like the buy 5 get one free cards. Better than a discount as the person had to use it in the store. Thousands of merchants issued these. There might be a catalogue somewhere. There is certainly an active collector interest, although not as much as coins. Interest is more local, since you are certain to find local history in these. The token catalogue we gave you a link to is huge, but is not complete-and probably never will be. Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16832 Posts	Posted 05/13/2019 6:23 pm It's my understanding that these tokens were often used in early slot machines, or trade stimulators, from the late 1800s and early 1900s. In jurisdictions where actual gambling for money or goods was illegal, you "gambled" for tokens as "prizes", and could later redeem the tokens for actual prizes - such as a cigar - at the store hosting the machine. It's the origin of the slang phrase "close, but no cigar" - you'd pulled the lever to spin the wheels on the slot machine and it's *almost* come up with the combination that wins the cigar - but "almost" doesn't win you anything. Given the quasi-legal, or perhaps even downright illegal, nature of the devices, information about such tokens and their issuers can often be hard to come by. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
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