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Ratzie33
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Looks like the initials of an inebriated EB
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And why put a period there?
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So I was looking at the period after the 25. It almost looks like a monogram... too elongated for a period. And why put a period there? EB
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Let’s call it the 25 cent peg.
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The coin would be used to purchase a whole keg, shared among 8 peg glasses again and again.
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The 8 dots represent the measurement of 8 pegs used to disperse the liquid. The eagle makes it American, the defined denomination makes it rare.
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What makes it rare is its age and that the denomination is written on the coin clearly. If it predates the first quarters of 1796 or 1804, it is a piece of American history.
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Sorry about that.
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Aha I figured it out. It is a silver drinking token. Used to buy an entire keg of beer in colonial America which would then be shared among 8 glasses.
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Tea smuggling
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The tea was smuggled in barrels to avoid suspicion over bags. Hence the eagle landing on the barrel. 8 dots for the 8 ounces of tea in a cup. A silver coin of this size would purchase an entire keg of beer so for it to be a bar token seems iffy.
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For 25 cents you should have the amount of beer the value of the coin offers in return written clearly on the coin.
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Then I thought 8 ounces of beer, or a colonial half pint but again, for 25c of silver you are not getting the right amount. But if we go back to the tea theory for a moment, the standard mug of tea held 8 ounces.
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But who knows?
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The reason why proprietors turned to tokens was because there were shortages in silver. Why make a token out of silver if not for a significant minted monetary reason? That is why I don’t believe it to be a bar token.
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The coin is silver not metal or brass.
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https://www.historynet.com/good-little-bits-tokens-big-hit.htm. So why put the 8 dots on the cup?
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Bar tokens were rarely silver, if they were they were worth much more than 25 cents in beer, beer cost 2 for 25 cents at that time.
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A silver coin of this size would buy much more than 8 glasses of beer at the time I believe it was made.
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Well here is the strange thing: the 8 dots. Why 8?
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Usually drinks were 2 for 25cents, so again, the eight dots on the mug is unique. I do not believe this to be a bar token. Bar tokens express value clearly, like: GOOD FOR “...” drinks. This has no such wording.
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It is made out of silver.
