Goetz - 5-AZ, S 15

both 21mm brass

About this token:

• telephone tokens; these were used for pay phones in Chicago bars around the turn of the century. Many different varieties were used, so each token had to be used at the bar where it was given out.
• The book "Tokens and Medals" by Alpert & Elman has about a page on these tokens (p. 184-185). Nickel-sized tokens are valued at a couple bucks, dime and quarter sized tokens are worth quite a bit more. I think I've only ever seen the nickel-sized tokens.
• There is an article about telephone tokens, including Goetz, at http://www.webspan.net/~bobbyg/article.html

Know anything about this token? Please send me a note: pineconeforge(at)gmail.com

Return to misc. mystery tokens.