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Chapter 67. FAKES, FANTASIES, AND RESTRIKES
A. FANTASY BAWDY HOUSE - BROTHEL TOKENS
Most of these
pieces are brass and about silver dollar size or a bit larger. Many are
incuse; some are uniface. The most common reverses are
"Good For All
Night" and "All Night $3 Check". Just
the name and
location are given below; some occur in several varieties.
Adobe Concert Hall, Goldfield, Nevada
The Chicken Ranch, Texas
The Chicken Ranch, LaGrange, Texas
The China Doll, Dodge City
Cuspidor Saloon, El Paso, Texas
Diamond Lil, San Francisco
Dixie Lee's, Cowtown
Miss Eva's House, Central City, Colorado
Laura Evens, Leadville, Colo.
Gem Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona Terr.
Hap's Bath House, Goldfield, Nev.
Hap's Bath House, New York
THe Hog Ranch, Fort Laramie, Wyoming
Honest Walt's Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona Territory
Hotel de Paris, Georgetown, Colo.
Hungry Eye Saloon, Chicago
Kitty Kat House, El Paso
Kitty 's Kat House, Jackson, Cal.
Long Branch Saloon, Dodge City, Kansas
Mahogany Hall, New Orleans
Moon's Saloon, Sutter Creek
Mustang Ranch, Sparks, Nevada
Nyco
The Octoroon, Madame Bolanger, Los Angeles
The Old Log Inn, Dry Gulch, Calif.
The Old Homestead, Cripple Creek, Colo.
One Dead Buffalo, One Dead Indian, One Dollar, 1876
The Palace Bar, Prescott, Az.
Pat Ann's Saloon, New Orleans, La.
Poke of Gold Saloon, Folson, Cal.
Railhead Saloon, Tombstone, Arizona Territory
Red Dog Saloon, Virginia City, Nev.
RIley's Knotch Joint, Atlanta, Ga.
Rosie's Palace, Madam Rose Bakkar
Sally's House of Pleasure, Sutter Creek, Cal.
(rectangular key tag)
Shady Milt's SIlk Garter, Jackson
Shanghai Reds Saloon, El Paso
Ship Creek Saloon, Anchorage, Alaska
Silk Garter, Reno, Nevada
Silver Dollar Hotel, Denver, Colo.
Singapore Sallie's, Chinatown
Southern Belle Saloon, Mississippi Steam Boat
Stella's Saloon, Atlanta, Ga.
Swede's Saloon, Yuma, Arizona
Swede's Saloon, Chicago, Ill.
Uncel Sam Hotel, Yuma, Arizona Territory
Velvet Garter Saloon, White City, N. M.
Won Hung Loo's, Drytown, Cal.
B. "L. A. STAMP" OLD WEST FANTASY TOKENS
The Los Angeles
Rubber Stamp Co. made many tokens and medals from the last 19th century
to the mid 20th century. But they never used the signature "L. A.
Stamp", which appears on these tokens, on the pieces they made.
These uniface tokens are made of copper, brass, pewter, zinc, and white
medal, and many are odd shaped and have cutouts. Not all the pieces
below have the L.A. Stamp signature; those that don't are similar
to identical in style to the others.
(Similar fantasy
tokens related to the Nazis and World War Two also exist.)
Betty ... Coca-Cola, Atlanta, Ga.
Butterfield Stage Line
California Stage Line
Coca-Cola, Army & Navy
Drink Coca-Cola, San Francsico Trans Pan Exposition
Fort Apache, Army Food Token, $2
Fort Laramie Military Stores, 50¢
Gem Saloon, EL Paso, $4
Green River Whiskey, One Quart Free
Holloway Stage Line
Hollywood Whiskey
Kate's Place, Prescott
Ky Mort Co., $1
Lakeside Club, Los Angeles P. D.
Pioche Trading Post, Nevada, $10
Stage Depot, Yuma, Adamsex
St. Helier, Permitted To Grow ...
St. Peters Port, Free Milk
Teller City, Alaska
Tombstone Ware Room, $5, 1872
Herrmann Treber, Deadwood, S. Dak., $3
Union Pacific Railroad (or U. P. R. R.) - various tokens
U. S. Dept. of Indian Affairs - various tokens
U. S. Pay Master, Ten Dollars
Utah California Stagelines, One Well Drink
Wells Fargo & Co., Mexico
Wells Fargo And Co., $50 Travel Insurance
C. TRANSPORTATION TOKEN FANTASIES AND RESTRIKES
These are cataloged
in the Atwood-Coffee catalog of transportation tokens, Volume
One. The L. A. Stamp type pieces are listed above. Other fantasy
transit tokens that could be mistaken for
valuable old
tokens are:
Florence & Cripple Creek Rail Road, 1904
Baker Street Ferry, 1860 (25mm restrike; originals are 24 and
29 mm)
Fulton Ferry, Brooklyn to Manhattan
A. C. Reed's Flying Circus, 1919
Washington Hotel, Burlington, Wash.
I. C. R. R. pass
D. KU KLUX KLAN FANTASIES
Member KKK In Good Standing (tag)
Centennial Convention 1965 Atalnta, Georgia (medal)
Convention 1097 Briston, Tenn. (medal)
E. PENNSYLVANIA SALOON FANTASIES
These Good For 5¢ In Trade tokens are aluminum and are marked RS .
Coal Miners Saloon, Dunmore, Pa.
Lame Duck Saloon, Dunmore, Pa.
Harry Jones's Saloo, Scranton, Pa.
Moe Wolfs Saloon, Scranton, Pa.
Old Stone Jug Saloon, Scranton, Pa.
Valley House Saloon, Scranton, Pa.
F. OKLAHOMA TOKEN FANTASIES
Ada Mercantine Co., Ada, I. T.
J. H. Butler, Bengal, I. T.
Lee & Reynolds, Camp Supply, Ind. Ter. (plain edge)
Lee's Trading Post, Eagle Town, Indian Terr.
Silas Bass, Keota, I. T.
Hotel Lee, Okla City O.T.
Payne Trading Post, Rock Falls, Indian Territory, 1889
(For other, incuse, fantasies, see the Oklahoma token catalog by Walker.)
G. FANTASY COAL CO. TOKENS
These are rare;
apparently not many were made.
(See the October
1983 issue of TAMS Journal.)
The J. Daly Coal Co., Emlyn KY Mine (50)
Douglam Coal Co., Worley, Ky. (50)
Fire Creek Coal Co., Dow, I. T. 1.00)
Hawk Mt. Coal, Cody, Ky, 1881, 1.00 Day Check
Lambert Coal Co., Middlesborough Ky (50¢)
C. M. Layne Coal Co., 1888 (1.00)
Lowe Coal Co., Lot, Ky. (1.00)
Primroy Coal Co., Morley, Tenn. (50)
W. J. Tiller Coal CO., Trosper, Ky (50)
Whitley Coal Co., Kinsler, Ky (10)
Vitatoe Coal M. Co., Vito, Ky. (1.00)
Wender Coal Co., Jellico, Ky (1)
Whitel Coal Coke Works, Corbin, Ky. (1.00)
Willow Coal Co., Jellico (1.00)
Zimmer Coal Co., Howe, Ind. Ter (1.00)
Recently manufactured is:
H. TEXAS FANTASY TRADE TOKENS
The Little Bar, Houston, Tex.
Ed's Place, Humble, Texas
Bevok Place, Lott, Texas
Jim Watkin, Rosebud, Texas
O. Altenhoff, Seguin, Texas
Pete's Saloon, Waco, Tex.
I. "DRA" FANTASY TOKENS
These are marked DRA for Deep River Armory, a store in Houston, Texas that had these tokens made as novelty items.
O K Corral, Tombstone, A. T., 10¢
2ND Regiment Colo. National Guard, Camp Goldfield, 1904
Sutler's Store, Fort A. Lincoln, Dakota Terr.
Grand Union Hotel, Fort Benton, M. T., 1 Drink
Deep River Armory, Houston, Texas, 17¢
Lace Garter Saloon
J. OTHER FANTASY TOKENS AND MEDALS
Empire Mine, Colorado, 1876 (various denominations)
Nellie's Hide-Away, Carbon, Nevada, 87 1/2¢
1915 Coca Cola Bottler's Convention (resembles 1915 $50 gold coin)
Becker Brewing And Malting Co., Ogden, Utah, Good For One Schooner
Wells Fargo service medal from Jon, J. Valentine
Elko Saloon, Gold Hill, Utah
Alamo Saloon, Abilene, Kansas
Murphy's Saloon, Victor, Colo.
The Topic Saloon, Leadville, Colo.
R. J. Gibson & Sons, Jonesville & Pennington, Va.
Perry, Pippin & Co., Castlewood, Va.
Transylvanian Mortuary, East Whasko, Illinois, $50
Other miscellaneous fantasy tokens exist, but are not likely to be mistaken as being valuable, so they are not listed here.
There are about
40 Nevada trade tokens that are believed by many collectors to be questionable,
or fantasies, or fakes. Many are very deceptive and have the look
of legitimate tokens. They are listed in the Nevada Trade Tokens
books; some similar pieces exist from Calfifornia, and Utah
(Elko Saloon,
above.)
K. ANILLO RESTRIKES
These are uniface aluminum restrikes of tokens and medals, made by Anillo Industries of Orange, Calif. in 1968. Anillo Industries had bought out all the dies of the Los Angeles Stamp and Stationery Co. (formerly the Los Angeles Rubber Stamp Co.) and planned to go into the token and medal making business. So they took about 3,500 of the old dies and struck 25 sets of uniface tokens which they planned to mount in salesmen sample books. Only four books were made up. Thes sets ended up being sold to token collectors for about $150 per set. The dies used for the restrikes were mostly California trade tokens and medals. Most of the restrikes look just like the original tokens, but the Anillo restrikes can be easily identified by being aluminum and uniface. Some collectors are now paying $1.00 to several dollars each for most of these restrikes (especially those of rare tokens). But these restrikes are frequently offered for sale as original old tokens at high prices.
[Additional
sections in this chapter cover generic information on Trade Token Restrikes,
U. S. Mint Medal Restrikes,
Confederate Coins,
and Fake Scrimshaw Ivory Chips, but are not reproduced here ...)