Interesting Carbon emery stores Hiawatha dynamite token uk find

[dooly]

Hi all picked this token for 10 sticks of powder from Hiawatha Utah in a job lot of coins and junk at my local auction rooms .. i cannot find it in Krauses US tokens 1700-1900 anyone know anything about them .. thanks

 

[EXOJUNKIE]

Dooly - I've seen examples this token before so I don't believe it is uncommon. The expert on Utah tokens is Bob Campbell. He is a past ANA president, PNG dealer, and good guy. You can find his contact information, with an email address, on this page:

 

http://www.pngdealers.com/dealersearch.php?_search=1&ln=C

 

I recommend you send him an email with your photo. Good luck with it.

[thebeav]

I would redeem it for those ten sticks !!!

 

Paul

[bsshog40]

Searching around Dooley, looks like these were made of aluminum. Seen one on Ebay in a little better shape that sold for about $9. Looked the same only "good for 5 sticks".

[dooly]

Dooly - I've seen examples this token before so I don't believe it is uncommon. The expert on Utah tokens is Bob Campbell. He is a past ANA president, PNG dealer, and good guy. You can find his contact information, with an email address, on this page:

 

http://www.pngdealers.com/dealersearch.php?_search=1&ln=C

 

I recommend you send him an email with your photo. Good luck with it.

 

cheers i have sent him an email

[BROADSTRUCK]

First time I've seen termites attack brass... Wow that's porous

[WoodenJefferson]

very porous but it is uniform in nature and does not detract from token all that much, good luck on getting a lock on the identity.

 

Tell me, 10 sticks of powder from Hiawatha Utah, what does this mean?

[thebeav]

Tell me, 10 sticks of powder from Hiawatha Utah, what does this mean?

 

I assumed they were talking about TNT.....

[EXOJUNKIE]

Dooly - I've seen examples this token before so I don't believe it is uncommon. The expert on Utah tokens is Bob Campbell. He is a past ANA president, PNG dealer, and good guy. You can find his contact information, with an email address, on this page:

 

http://www.pngdealers.com/dealersearch.php?_search=1&ln=C

 

I recommend you send him an email with your photo. Good luck with it.

 

cheers i have sent him an email

 

Be sure to let us know how it goes!

[dooly]

Tell me, 10 sticks of powder from Hiawatha Utah, what does this mean?

 

I assumed they were talking about TNT.....

 

was that a big gold mining area ?

[Conder101]

Probably not dynamite or TNT, most likely prepackaged blasting powder. Blasting powder is a form of gunpowder and could come prepacked into tubes or sticks. Dynamite when it came along became the preferred explosive because it was "safe" to handle and had a greater explosive power than blasting powder.