West Virginia Token With Flemish Name

Nothing on tokencatalog.

@pac, that is a really interesting token. I agree with @hon that there isn't an exact match in tokencatalog for that name. I did some targeting searching on the very common "Good for 5¢ at The Bar" phrase for the state of West Virginia plus Kentucky and Virginia as you mentioned the find location in southern West Virginia. I still didn't find anything particularly noteworthy except for a Kentucky token with the same 12 lobe edge, multiple lines with pearls rim contours, and angled stroke on the cent sign. In this one (as well as yours) the name looks applied by hand as the letters aren't super straight. I'm not saying that these two pieces are connected specifically but rather wondering if there wasn't a stock design with one side blank for folks to add their name. Here is the tokencatalog link:

https://tokencatalog.com/token_reco...rd_offset=29

At the very least, I'd recommend reaching out to them to see if they might post it as a discovery piece.

Added: another largely dead pathway is that on find-a-grave, of the ten folks buried in the United States with a first name beginning with an A and DeSchryver as a last name, seven are in Michigan, two in New Jersey, and one in Missouri.

No answers here, but just a couple thoughts to toss out for discussion. The "de" prefix also could be Dutch, especially for people whose families came from French Huguenot backgrounds. Also, many people later dropped the "de" prefix. What would a search under the last name "Schryver" produce? And what if the name was later anglicized to "Schreiber"? Would any of these show up in token catalogs?

EDIT: One more thought. This was found along with Civil War coins and buttons. Could it have been brought there by a Union soldier, maybe as a pocket piece? Is it worth searching Civil War records for soldiers with the name Schryver or deSchryver? That definitely could make New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania possible places of origin for the token.

There is some great info coming in. Thank You all.
Sometimes the research is as fun as swinging a detector.
I have searched the newspaper data bases for WV back to the turn of the century with no luck on any name variation in this area.
I have found strange coins before in strange places, an ancient Indian coin in Odd,WV, French coins on the bottom of Summersville lake after a winter drain down with a Buffalo nickel .
I think our rural lads went off to foreign parts during wars and came home with pockets full of souvenirs.
The Kentucky token referenced above is such a close match it must be dated about the same, late 1800's. But where from? Probably will be some winter evening research. Thanks again Glad for the interest

There's an August DeSchryver in Detroit in the 1900 census. He is listed as a saloon keeper. He shows up in the directories at 1100 Champlain St. I found some newspaper mentions of political meetings (c. 1901) taking place at DeSchryver's Place or DeSchryver's Hall. I think Champlain Street might now be East Lafayette---?

Here's his Find a Grave
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial...t-deschryver

Thank you for adding that.