Unistat
32mm, br
About this token:
- Steve writes: The style of the advertising token suggests 1960s or 1970s.
I’ve been unable to find the date when “Dr.” was dropped from the company
name, but it should have been sometime circa 1962-1976. It was (and perhaps
still is) located since 1929 in Charles City, Iowa.
I just bought a different Dr. Salsbury unistat (a drug for the poultry industry)
token, same size and probably the same obverse die as the one you illustrate
(with the company name and Dr. / S logo). But the reverse is totally different,
inscribed only “this coin has a nickeleen finish” within a wreath, nothing
else, white metal, 32 mm. Weird! [probably a manufacturer's sample token]
- Craig Salsbury writes: That token was made during the 50's and used in advertising
promotion. That was when the company was still Dr. Salsbury which later became
just Salsbury Lab. The trademark also changed to a S. The company was sold
in the 80's and with the chemical production division to Cambrex and the other
production to Solvey. American Home now operates what is left under Fort Dodge
Lab. My grandfather started the company and my father ran it until the sale.
- In 1929, Dr. Joseph Salsbury, a veterinarian, founded Dr. Salsbury Laboratories
to produce chemical-based products for parasite and disease control in poultry.
Since 1991, Salsbury Laboratories has been a part of
Cambrex Corporation
- An e-mail to the company got this reply: The token was issued by "Salsbury
Laboratories" which is now Fort Dodge Animal Health part of American Home
Products.
Know anything about this token? Please send me a note: pineconeforge(at)gmail.com
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