Anyone know about Illinois tokens?

Blackhawk

I've been trying to find information about this bimetallic token from Chicago. Does anyone on the forum know about the piece and it's rarity/value? I found one photo and reference to it online, but can find no specifics on the piece.

mayor1

I have the Illinois token book in the shop and will check on it in the A.M. Bill.

Blackhawk

Thanks.

SaorAlba

Checked the Rulau reference and find some similarly made pieces from ca. 1898 in Chicago - but no reference to this specific piece. Until I bought that catalog about a year ago I had no ideal they were making bimetallic tokens that far back.

CaptHenway

I used to work at Harlan J. Berk, Ltd., at 31 N. Clark Street, and used to search eBay exonumia for "Clark" to find tokens issued by Meyer & Wenthe at that address before 1949.

Stone & O'Brien tokens, as a merchant, are relatively common, relatively being the key word here. I seem to remember seeing two or three one dollar tokens among other denominations from that issuer.

Retail value? If I had it in stock at the coin shop, I would have tossed it in the $5 token junk box just because it was a local. Others may price it differently.

TD