For sale, a ANTIQUE CIRCA 1907....TOUGHER TOKEN TO FIND THIS NICE...ONCE USED AT A SALOON & BORDELLO / SOILED DOVE EMPORIUM & old "good for" style trade token which actually says on one side "GOOD FOR 5C IN TRADE" at a business called "BIG CASINO (BAR & BROTHEL)", which was located in old historic mining town of TONOPAH, NEVADA
THIS TOKEN IS WELL DOCUMENTED AS BEING A SALOON BAR WHICH OPERATED A BAWDY HOUSE / BROTHEL / BORDELLO / SOILED DOVE EMPORIUM....THIS BUSINESS RAN THE TYPICAL "ROW OF CRIBS" OUT BEHIND THE LEGITIMATE SALOON WHERE THE LADIES WORKED....OFFERED HERE IS THE BRASS NICKEL VARIETY
THIS IS A TOUGHER TO FIND TOKEN TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION FROM THIS SALOON BROTHEL...HAVE SEEN THIS TOKEN SELL VERY HIGH NICE.......LIKE MOST REAL NEVADA BAWDY HOUSE TOKENS....THEY DONT HAVE WILD NAMES OUR PHRASES LIKE "GOOD FOR A SC--W"....LEGITIMATE 1900'S BAWDY TOKENS WERE SIMPLE, DISCRETE....OFTEN WITH WOMENS NAMES, OR JUST THE NAME OF THE BAR......BACK IN 1907 GUARANTEE THE MINERS KNEW WHAT THE "BIG CASINO" REPRESENTED !!
The historic mining town of TONOPAH is located in Nye County, town north of Goldfield, and not far from Millers, , Silver Peak, Blair and Coaldale, Nevada
Trade token is brass metal, round, about 21mm in size , and it is about as nice as you will find. (please see pictures in gallery) Most tokens found in this region are badly pitted.
Gallery pictures should give you all the information you need.
Terrific and TOUGHER TO FIND THIS NICE.....ONCE USED IN A WELL DOCUMENTED "BAWDY HOUSE" old "good for" token , once used at "THE BIG CASINO (BAR with CRIBS OUT BACK)" business in the historic mining town of TONOPAH, NEVADA.
Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!! Tangible assets are always the best ones.