"s.o.l. News" Token? (Id: Likely Amusement Token)

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numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 11/27/2009 1:43 pm I have a round brass token that says "S.O.L." at the top and "NEWS"is at the bottom. The token is 21.2 mm in diameter with a center hole and the rim has denticles circling the token. The reverse has no text, only the denticles. Any idea where this is from and when it was issued? Report this Post to the Staff

DVCollector Bedrock of the Community United States 10045 Posts	Posted 11/27/2009 4:03 pm Interesting token...seeing a pic might help to place an origin/date. I want one--"S.O.L" comes to mind every I read the news. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 11/27/2009 7:32 pm I think it's more than the news that has us SOL anymore! Anyway here's a picture. Report this Post to the Staff
D Pillar of the Community Canada 899 Posts	Posted 11/27/2009 7:52 pm I'm not sure if this applies to this token but there is a SOL Newspaper ( Sol which is Portuguese for sun) Report this Post to the Staff
xshift Pillar of the Community United States 2669 Posts	Posted 11/27/2009 8:07 pm hmm.. not sure if Sol (sun) would be abbreviated this way.. Report this Post to the Staff
TokenDave Valued Member United States 88 Posts	Posted 11/28/2009 10:55 am Tokens with this overall appearance and center hole are typically amusement tokens. It is common for the name of the business (or sometimes the number of the amusement device -- pinball is common) to be on the token. Also, newspaper/magazine/tobacco stores (rare now) frequently had pinball machines. Likely all of our minds immediately went to the same interpretation of S.O.L but I would suspect we are looking at the initials of the news store owner. Report this Post to the Staff
numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 11/28/2009 11:33 am Thanks for that info. I have a lot of these with just a 4 or 5 digit number on them so now I know what they are! Report this Post to the Staff
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"S.o.l. News" Token? (Id: Likely Amusement Token)