know anything about trade coins?

[Matt1988]

Hey all,

 

I work at a gas station and in the penny jar I found an interesting coin. I dont really know anything about these coins. The most I could really find online is that it was basically an un official form of currency back in the day. that a lot of business or farmers created their own coins.

 

I guess I am wondering if they are worth any money or if its something cool enough that is worth holding onto.

 

Any and all information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

[ccg]

Hello and welcome!

 

Essentially, these pieces in small denominations were usually a loyalty reward type of thing, before coupons and air miles and the like later replaced them. Sometimes they were also promotional in nature.

 

There's a number of books and catalogues for these, though as they're outside my area I don't have any. Since the name and location is clearly identified, it should be pretty straightforward to locate it in the relevant reference book(s).

[Art1.2]

Hello Matt and welcome to CoinPeople. We have a number of folks who collect different types of tokens. Hopefully someone will be along with some useful info for you. I moved your post to "Exonumia" which is the correct section to get attention from our token collectors.

[Circus]

1918 to 1920 Here is the token catalog page for your tokens store.http://www.tokencatalog.com/display_records.php?action=DisplayRecords&td_state=North+Dakota&td_city=Wolseth

Yes it is worth something. Since they only have a 5,10 and 25¢ listed the 1¢ might be a little scarcer then the others. Yes it is worth something, more to a ND token collector rather a general collector like me. The books for further info are listed at the top of the token catalog page.