Recently completed token set

[Just Bob]

Dickerson, Mississippi, former headquarters of the King & Anderson plantation, is located in Coahoma county, in the Mississippi Delta. It is five miles south of Friar's Point, which sits on the bank of the Mississippi River. The town was established in 1889, when the railroad came through.

 

The King & Anderson plantation had a cotton gin and a general store, where these tokens were used. Reportedly, the store was also used as a commissary by the Chicago Mill & Lumber Company, while it was in the area.

 

None of these tokens is rare, with the scarcest being listed as an R4 (25-49 known). The most common ones show up with some frequency at local coin shows and on ebay.

 

My latest find was one of the 50c tokens - the one with no comma after Dickerson. (The one that is not in a 2x2)

 

King & Anderson also used a $3.50 punch card, which I haven't been able to locate, yet. It consisted of two cards with punchouts totaling $1.75 each. When a purchase was made, the clerk would punch the appropriate number of slots to equal the total amount.

 

 

One cent tokens of this era were not common, since the cost of the token often exceeded its face value.

 

 

Looks like "INC." was added as an afterthought on this 5c token.

 

 

 

 

These 50c tokens share a common reverse. Not sure why I switched the positions on the second one.

 

 

 

The first $1 token is an R4 - a little harder to find.

 

 

 

 

[dean1345]

Congratulations on completing your Mississippi token set!!!

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[TomB]

That's really cool. Are they made of aluminum?

[Just Bob]

That's really cool. Are they made of aluminum?

 

Yes. Aluminum and brass were the two most common metals used in tokens of that era.

[physics-fan3.14]

Very cool! That's a neat set.

[rrantique]

Very cool! That's a neat set.

 

[bsshog40]

Very cool! That's a neat set.

 

Nice tokens Bob!!

[Coindude]

Really cool stuff, I wish I could find something local like that to start a collection with.

[Bugmann1974]

Very cool set! I just recently picked up a trade token from a nearby town and have been looking for more myself. (thumbs u

[WoodenJefferson]

Pretty neat stuff there...wondering if those symbols mean anything, like that symbol on the 25¢ piece?