Post exchange token

[shadowind]

It is a copper token that is about the size of a 50 cent piece. One side reads "Post Exchange" and the other side reads "Good for 25 in Merchandise".

 

[Jim West Pa]

piece of Military history .
Can ya post a pic ?

 

[Old Navy Guy]

The token doesn't have anything else written on it? Where did you find it (State, County) was a military post located near by? A photo would be a BIG help. I can't find one image that is generic with out a (Store, Plantation, Mill, or Military Post) name on it. I did not realize how many different tokens were made and used.

 

[GoGoGopher]

Maybe a Millitary post token???

 

[shadowind]

We found it in Holden Beach, North Carolina. We do know that it is a Military post token.

 

[CWO4USMCRetired]

Shadowind; I have also found the exact same Post Exchange Token at Holden Beach on October 28, 2011. Good for 25 in merchandise but no base name listed. Any knowledge of date used? Could there be more, may be from lost shipping?

 

[407floyd]

Would this also have come from a military post? I always wondered why the post office served drinks. I know that post offices from the 1800s were also part of the established merchant's business and he was typically the postmaster of the community.

 

[CWO4USMCRetired]

It could be a Military Post Office Token but I would think it to be a Post Office Exchange Token only because a lot of businesses and government dept. produced tokens in the late 1800's and early 1900's for there business exchange stores.