Token: Pioneer Cigar Store, Oxnard CAL

CROCKofCOINS

I got a token:

Pioneer Cigar Store
C.Van Deventer Oxnard Cal



Other side: ???
I think: 25 Cent


Any book on this token?

Jerry

marym

Jerry, I tried to do some reseach on this token but all I could up with in this town was a token for Arch Cigar Store. It sure is a neat find!

StrikeOutXXX

I looked through Rulau's US Tokens 1700-1900 book, and didn't see it anywhere. I could have missed it, or it could be newer than 1900, but even Google didn't find anything on it.

Nice find none the less.

CROCKofCOINS

Thanks for looking.
One of the guys on the Calif. forum found this:

>>Found the token, It's listed on the second eddition of the Kappen token book.

At time of print, Only two had been reported.

PIONEER / CIGAR / STORE / C. VAN DEVENTER OXNARD, CAL. // GOOD FOR / 25 / IN TRADE

Brass and 25mm in size.<<

Jerry

BentFork

Cool Jerry.
G.

SilverDreams

Very cool!

HKnJ

Sweet token...Tokens are fun to find. I found only a few so far.

lordmarcovan

Some of those are worth $$$.

Yours has some quality issues, of course, but at least it is pretty obviously not a fantasy strike. Very cool.

Maybe some researching will enable you to date it and bring up more info about the merchant.

It needs a cleaning, but I would be very scared to do that, 'cause it looks ready to fracture into pieces.

DUBBA

diggin history!....cool find!....hh