token found unkown ID

rsarge1

rsarge1

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Hi I need help on a token found.

This token has the name Shorty Evans and Cheyenne on on one side and good for 5 in trade on the reverse, the only thing I have found out so far is that Shorty owned the Senate bar in Wyoming but I can't locate any other info on this token or even a value estimate, any help is appreciated>

thanks

sarge
 

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If you look at the second postcard down on this link and read below it - it tells of the Senate Bar owned by Shorty Evans

http://userpages.aug.com/bdobson/cheyenne2.html

But further Google didn't give me the token. But at least it's a start. You may be able to get a street location from the post card or from other bars listed on that street and then maybe a time frame and search town records for some info. Depends on how energetic you want to get on this lol
 
thanks this is all i was able to find also i was hoping someone might know about the token i really don't think its worth going to far lol
just interresting find
 
Sarge,

Get that token over to Bill Chapman at Gold-N-Detectors in Golden. He will tell you the history behind it. That's a great find! Congratulations.

Jack
 
rsarge1 said:
thanks this is all i was able to find also i was hoping someone might know about the token i really don't think its worth going to far lol
just interresting find
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DONT EVER THINK THAT!!!

I made that same mistake long ago. I found 2 old tokens (same) and couldnt find any info on them. Turns out I had examples #2 & 3 known. They had spent years in a junk jar, and I could have thrown them away without second thought. Tokens can be worth big bucks, especially saloon and brothel tokens.

I'm sure there is a token collectors group in you state or area that has catalogs of every known token there. Find them, and find the answer.

Good luck!
 
Jason in Enid said:
DONT EVER THINK THAT!!!

I made that same mistake long ago. I found 2 old tokens (same) and couldnt find any info on them. Turns out I had examples #2 & 3 known. They had spent years in a junk jar, and I could have thrown them away without second thought. Tokens can be worth big bucks, especially saloon and brothel tokens.

I'm sure there is a token collectors group in you state or area that has catalogs of every known token there. Find them, and find the answer.

Good luck!
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How true. :yes: The fact that you can't find the token listed anywhere is a good thing lol It may be worth more than you think.
 
thanks guys i guess ill be making a trip to golden to see what bill thinks of it like Jack suggested


sarge
 
awesome old token .. i cant help you but i like it .... i find a few tokens a year. coolest token i ever found was a 1909 excelsior shoe company boy scout club token with a freaking swastika on the back with 4 leaf clovers in the crooks of the cross..... good one for you
 
russellt said:
coolest token i ever found was a 1909 excelsior shoe company boy scout club token with a freaking swastika on the back with 4 leaf clovers in the crooks of the cross.....
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I think you wil find that Swastika is backwards. The ends are facing the other way. Prior to Hitler, and for centuries, it was a good luck piece. That is why some tokens even have Jewish merchants names on them, along with that symbol. I found one and at first thought that was really odd :dontknow:
 
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