Posted 08/26/2023 01:28 am
I've found a few other locations that could fit with this name. Someone found one metal detecting in Illinois. But he also found a Philadelphia transit token at the same site so that makes it trickier :)
https://www.treasurenet.com/threads...ents.283757/
Interesting though that the Treasurenet token is E.A. Schmidt with the Olive St. address. I found some info from a TAMS journal that could help narrow this down by date. c. 1931-1940, to 1965.
Just as an example there was a Hoffman Pool Room in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1951.
https://archive.org/details/tamsjou...up?q=schmidt
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From this we can date the E. Schmidt tokens
to 1890-1895. Since there are no known tokens with
A. E. Schmidt at 326 or 328 Market, the E. Schmidt
tokens might have been made as late as 1911. It is
also possible that A. E. Schmidt tokens with the Mar-
ket Street address exist but simply have not yet been
reported. A. E. Schmidt tokens with 1111 Pine
address can be dated to 1912-1921. Those with
1809-1811 Olive can be dated to 1931 to the 1940s.
As mentioned before, those tokens without address
were made in the period 1940s to 1965.
https://www.treasurenet.com/threads...ents.283757/
Interesting though that the Treasurenet token is E.A. Schmidt with the Olive St. address. I found some info from a TAMS journal that could help narrow this down by date. c. 1931-1940, to 1965.
Just as an example there was a Hoffman Pool Room in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1951.
https://archive.org/details/tamsjou...up?q=schmidt
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From this we can date the E. Schmidt tokens
to 1890-1895. Since there are no known tokens with
A. E. Schmidt at 326 or 328 Market, the E. Schmidt
tokens might have been made as late as 1911. It is
also possible that A. E. Schmidt tokens with the Mar-
ket Street address exist but simply have not yet been
reported. A. E. Schmidt tokens with 1111 Pine
address can be dated to 1912-1921. Those with
1809-1811 Olive can be dated to 1931 to the 1940s.
As mentioned before, those tokens without address
were made in the period 1940s to 1965.
