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Cincinnati Civil War era token, indian and silver

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Nick A

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Hit an old park and got the CW token, 1917 dime and some teens wheats. In the afternoon hit another park and got 1889 indian and three dimes 1939, 1940 and 1954D along with some assorted wheats.

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That is a nice token Nick. You might be wise to report it to Ruleau (who will credit your find, thus increasing its value), as it is not the variety he lists (which is reverse portrait die #1056) .
 
The sites you hunt really pay off! I would be sitting on top of the world after a hunt like that. You're one heck of a detectorist! :yo:
 
Nice Haul, Nick.

I found an O.K. Vender Token exactly like yours here in central Oklahoma earlier this year.

What did your I H Cent ID as on the E-Trac?
 
sharpshooter said:
Nice Haul, Nick.

I found an O.K. Vender Token exactly like yours here in central Oklahoma earlier this year.

What did your I H Cent ID as on the E-Trac?
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I think this indian was a 11-34, but I've dug a few lately and they can be CO 30-35. The depth is what gives them away, and they also hit pretty solid and repeatable.

I found more info online about the O.K. Vender token...

http://users.pullman.com/fjstevens/tokens/bunco/okay.html "The classic example of this is the "O.K. Vender" slot machines, made by Mills between about 1910 and 1932. Smith and Alpert list 80 varieties of "O.K. Vender" tokens, and there are probably more that have not been cataloged. Smith and Alpert quote a 1913 Mills catalog description of this slot machine:

A package of gum (Bell Gum Fruit) is delivered for every nickel deposited - legal tender for value received. In addition the machine, at certain intervals pays profit-sharing dividends of from 2 to 20 merchandise checks [tokens]. When one of these dividends is to be paid, the fact is announced beforehand in the window on the front of the machine. The player, therefore, knows in advance exactly what he will receive. At his option he may take it or leave it. There is absolutely no gamble or chance.

The "O.K." part of the name is in reference to the fact that these were supposedly not gambling devices, and thus were "O.K." (the 1913 catalog devoted several pages to assuring their legality, and quoting court cases). Be that as it may, most people played them like slot machines, not even bothering to remove the gum, which was low quality and probably worth less than a cent."
 
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