Crruisercharlie Posted November 12, 2020 Share Posted November 12, 2020 Just Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted November 14, 2020 Share Posted November 14, 2020 Just Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 A.J. McLeod established a large sawmill, turpentine distillery, and stave mill on the Jourdan river north of Bay St, Louis, MS around 1910. His wife, Virginia, and nephew, Norton Hass, continued to operate the mills into the 1950s. Tokens are known in denominations of 5, 25, and 50 cents, and one dollar. There are, oddly, no 10 cent tokens known to exist. RonnieR131 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Fascinating stuff! Superb photography, too! Just Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 Great add Bob I need a reminder to myself to post something on Token Tuesday. Just Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/12/2020 at 9:52 AM, Crruisercharlie said: I loves me some thistles. Only thing missing is some goldfinches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 On 11/14/2020 at 11:43 AM, Quintus Arrius said: Could you use the one on the left to get to the thing on the right via the #7 train? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 1 hour ago, VKurtB said: Could you use the one on the left to get to the thing on the right via the #7 train? The Unisphere (still extant) yes, but not anymore. The LIRR has always used tickets, both before the Fair and since, but this was a special issue token which enabled visitors to go directly to the fairgrounds in Queens from Penn Station in Manhattan. RonnieR131 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VKurtB Posted November 19, 2020 Share Posted November 19, 2020 3 hours ago, Quintus Arrius said: The Unisphere (still extant) yes, but not anymore. The LIRR has always used tickets, both before the Fair and since, but this was a special issue token which enabled visitors to go directly to the fairgrounds in Queens from Penn Station in Manhattan. Yup, last Thanksgiving Day I took the LIRR to the Kennedy Airport connector to get to Gatwick in England. Departed from Penn Station after arriving from Harrisburg by Amtrak. Paper ticket from a vending machine at Penn Station. "...lead us NOT into Penn Station, but deliver us from evil..." RonnieR131 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brg5658 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Just Bob and RonnieR131 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Beautiful add brg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 13 minutes ago, scopru said: Beautiful add brg "It must and shall by preserved." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 The subject of my last post, A.J. McLeod, owned a number of mills, stores, and other companies in the Bay St. Louis/Waveland/Kiln area. This is another token from one of his lumber stores in Kiln, MS. Kiln was known for its lumber, turpentine and charcoal industries. After the forests were depleted, during the Depression, the area was famous for its moonshine production. RonnieR131 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted November 25, 2020 Author Share Posted November 25, 2020 6 hours ago, brg5658 said: Those are gorgeous. Your Federal Union "BY" (223) is even nicer than the one from the Q. David Bowers collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 9 hours ago, Just Bob said: Your Federal Union "BY" (223) is even nicer than the one from the Q. David Bowers collection. Agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just Bob Posted December 1, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2020 Benjamin Franklin Dulweber owned Dulweber Land and Timber Company from 1925 - 29. In 1930, he took over the Supreme Instruments Company in Greenwood, Ms, which designed and produced many of the radio analyzers, multimeters, and tube testers used by radio repair shops and service men from the 1920s through the 1950s. The tokens share a common obverse, and were produced in 5, 10, 25, and 50 cent, and one dollar denominations. brg5658, Alex in PA. and RonnieR131 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post brg5658 Posted December 1, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 1, 2020 I might have too many of this type. Alex in PA., ldhair and Just Bob 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 On 11/30/2020 at 10:52 PM, brg5658 said: I might have too many of this type. Nice group brg. Not sure it is possible to have too many civil war tokens of any type brg5658 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Henri Charriere Posted December 3, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 3, 2020 Spoiler Spoiler Quintus Arrius in a rare unauthorized photo circa 2000. First National City Bank (3" diameter bronze. "150 Years of Service, 1812 - 1962." Just Bob, Alex in PA. and RonnieR131 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 QA what is the relation of photograph to token? Is that the designer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henri Charriere Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 36 minutes ago, scopru said: QA what is the relation of photograph to token? Is that the designer? No sir. It is a photograph of the person who purchased the item pictured - Quintus Arrius. RonnieR131 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted December 3, 2020 Share Posted December 3, 2020 Well then an even more informative posting than most. Thank you for clarifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hoghead515 Posted December 5, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted December 5, 2020 Three more payments and she's mine!!!!!!!! Lol. Just joking around with you all. I currently don't have no tokens but, I'm going to start expanding my collection and start trying to buy some. I've been looking at several the last few days and fell in love with alot of the designs. Especially the old civil war tokens. I believe that's where I'm gonna start my collection. You all have posted some really nice ones. I love it!! Alex in PA., Just Bob and RonnieR131 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonnieR131 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Hoghead, JustBob got me started on tokens. This year there should be a lot more shops open, thank goodness. The undiscovered tokens, the possibilities in every 'little ol shop'.--- Figures you'd have a Mr Gatti's token. Lol --Maybe you can qualify for the virus 'skip a payment' on that token. Love this thread! Hoghead515 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoghead515 Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, ronnie stein said: Hoghead, JustBob got me started on tokens. This year there should be a lot more shops open, thank goodness. The undiscovered tokens, the possibilities in every 'little ol shop'.--- Figures you'd have a Mr Gatti's token. Lol --Maybe you can qualify for the virus 'skip a payment' on that token. Love this thread! I never thought about collecting them till I got to reading alot of the threads on here. Then got to looking at a few and got to liking them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Just Bob Posted December 16, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 16, 2020 William E. Bearden and C.A. La Grone joined forces in late 1915 or early 1916 to form Bearden & La Grone Drugs in Okalona, MS. Apparently, this partnership did not work for some reason, as the partnership was dissolved on January 20, 1916. This is one of two styles of 5 cent token that they used. I am currently watching one of the other style on Ebay, trying to decide if I want to pull the trigger, or wait and see if a nicer one comes along . RonnieR131, Hoghead515, Alex in PA. and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scopru Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Great ad and token Just Bob. Just Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted December 30, 2020 Author Share Posted December 30, 2020 Franklin Lafayette Riley, Sr. founded his mercantile company in 1867, in the town of Hebron. When the Gulf and Ship Island railroad made plans to come through, he donated land for the right of way, in exchange for the rights to put the depot on his land. He moved his mercantile and bank to the new location, and called the town "New Hebron." His store was the department store of his day, selling food, clothing, farming equipment, school supplies, medicine, etc. He died in February,1907. His son, F.L.Riley Jr., is listed as principle on November 25, 1904. He was a professor and author, and died in 1929, before the date on these paper tokens. It is unknown who was proprietor when these were issued. The following is a sample of entries from a 1903-04 ledger that was found in one of the Riley warehouses: W. P. Benson, 1 bridle , $1.50 Will Hutchins, 14 yards calico, $.84 E. M. Riley, 1 U. S. history book, $1.00, 1 grammar school geography book, $1.25, 1 practical arithmetic book, $.70 Emma Berry, 53 bushels of corn, $39.75 J. R. Lane, 1 pr. Pants, $1.75, starch $.05, 1 washpan, $.05 O. M. Armstrong, 1 axe handle $.25 Henry Izard, 1 pr. Ladies shoes, $2.00 Philly Payne, 1 sewing machine, 20.50 L. M. Lane, 1 gun, $5.00 U. S. Berry, 1 well bucket .60, 1 well pulley, .30, 1 bottle turpentine, .10 W. J. Lee, sugar, .50, 1 bottle quinine .15 Baker Sullivan, 12 ½ lbs. bacon, $1.50, 1 plug tobacco, .10 Frank Newsom, 2 horse collars, $3.00 J. J. Berry, a bottle castor oil, .25 D. D. Berry, 21 lbs. cheese @ 15 a pound, $3.15 Fred Garner, 1 barrel of flour, $7.00 Alex in PA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted January 6, 2021 Author Share Posted January 6, 2021 This token is a bit more modern than most of the ones I have posted so far. Mr. Thomas Wixon founded Wixon & Co. Jewelers in 1966 at 3010 Washington Ave., in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The business is still operating today. Alex in PA. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ldhair Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 Just Bob and Alex in PA. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...