I collect cigar tokens and someone asked to see a few so I'm posting some pics.

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You know what they say, one is nice, but two is a pair and three is a collection....next thing you know, you've got 100 of them! Very cool!

Cool . . .

Way too cool, something else to look into and look for in antique stores......

Charlie

These are neat, where do you find them. Do you have any from the Philadelphia area?

Hi Sgt - Try that big auction site

What are these for? How were they used?

When I was younger, my dad had a snowball stand. Whenever someone bought a snowball, they got a token. Ten tokens could be turned in for a free snowball.

Same idea?

What the hell is a snowball stand? Like a sno-cone?

what is p-nut

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Yup.

Down here we callem Snowballs. Samething

Tokens were used to replace money - originally because minted money was in short supply, particularly in the West, but later they were given instead of change to keep the customer coming back. So, if they owed you three cents change, they'd give you a token good for five cents, which you could only spend in that store. Some are worth a few cents as collectibles, others are worth hundreds of dollars, but they're all cool. -B

Thanks