| INDEX | IRISH TOKENS | Copyright © S.B.Woodside 1997-2011 Last update:- 17-Aug-11 barry.woodside@ic24.net |
| Non-Irish People & Places named Ireland/Irish | ||
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br=brass, bz=bronze, Cu=copper, Sn=tin, Al=aluminium, Zn=zinc
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a line break. If this is in the outer legend, it indicates the
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I do not have any of these.
If you can supply any missing illustrations, please do so.
Most of these pieces have no Irish connection whatsoever.
I add them to amuse myself!
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| SMOKE HOUSE MEDFORD IRELAND & ANTLE | ||
| GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE 25mm br round. | ||
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| similar | ||
| similar but 10¢ and octagonal | ||
| Someone called Ireland. From Medfordore Oregon. | ||
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| LESTER IRELAND & CO. HILLSBORO OREGON | ||
| GOOD FOR 50¢ IN TRADE | ||
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| GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE | ||
| A cigar and general merchant ...1941... However, there is another another Lester Ireland & Co, also known as Ireland Hardware, which sold JOHN DEERE tractors and other farm related equipment, possibly in the 1930s. | ||
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| F.B.IRELAND GENERAL MERCHANDISE DORCHESTER, NEB. | ||
| GOOD FOR 1¢ IN MERCHANDISE | ||
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| F.B.IRELAND GENERAL MERCHANDISE DORCHESTER, NEB. | ||
| GOOD FOR 5¢ IN MERCHANDISE | ||
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| F.B.IRELAND GENERAL MERCHANDISE DORCHESTER, NEB. | ||
| GOOD FOR 25¢ IN MERCHANDISE | ||
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| IRISH BROS. TOLEDO IOWA | ||
| GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE | ||
| 21mm brass. | ||
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| IRISH BROS. TOLEDO IOWA | ||
| GOOD FOR 25 CTS IN TRADE | ||
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| - | B. IRELAND GROCERY & PROVISION CLUB HIGH ST ASHTON NEW TOWN | |
| W. SMITH NEW MEETING STREET DALE END BIRMINGHAM (3d?) | ||
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| IRISH'S PLACE, LONG PRAIRIE, (tiny maker's name?), MINN. | ||
| GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE (some have tiny maker's name?) | ||
| The second is similar but from a different reverse die - the
"5" has text beneath it. The above merchant trade tokens from Irish's Place, Long Prairie, Minnesota, 20mm brass. The third shows variability in the rev. die axis. An example of the second type was advertised along with two others as follows;- These brass-like tokens are from a small beer-pool hall, with a cardroom in the back of the building in Long Prairie, Minnesota. The five cent one says Irish's Place (the owner's nickname), the dime one says Dempsey's Bar (the owner's last name), and the quarter one says Dempsey's. All three were made by Schaaf of Minneapolis, MN. I acquired them in the early '60's from the establishment. | ||
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| HAMBURGER INN RED OAK IOWA, IRISH'S PLACE | ||
| GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE | ||
| another from an Irish's Place! | ||
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| C. M. WEAVER & BRO, IRELAND, W.VA. | ||
| 5¢ coal scrip | ||
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| IRISH BEND ISLAND CAFETERIA | ||
| MILK BOTTLE 5¢ DEPOSIT | ||
| A little larger than a quarter. Irish Bend Island is located on the Houston Ship Channel between the Lynchburg crossing and Brady's Landing. During WWII the Todd Shipyards (Houston Shipbuilding Corporation) had a facility there building Liberty Ships. However another listing states;- Rare token from Irish Bend Louisiana. The now nearly non-existent town in southern Louisiana has a claim to fame as the site of a Civil War Battle which ended in a Union victory and opened control of SW Louisiana to the Union. 28mm | ||
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| OAK LAWN STORE IRISH BEND, 1907 LOUISIANA. | ||
| GOOD FOR 10 IN MERCHANDISE | ||
| Aluminium. Approx. the size of a quarter. | ||
 1d 7d 5d 7d | ||
| IRELAND ISLAND CO-OP. SOC. LTD 1d also known;- 8d, 11d | ||
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(These are rare & expensive Bermuda pieces, recorded in Lyall Nos 105, 106 ...?)
The 8d and 11d (£325 each) were illustrated in Format 62 (2003) with the following note;- Ireland Island was the Royal Navy Base in Bermuda where these tokens were in use. They are extremely rare ... 3d & 5d made £340 Baldwin sale 13th Oct 1998 | ||
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| *-- | Ireland Colliery c/s 351 holed. | |
| blank 32mm br uni | ||
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| another from Ireland colliery, only smaller - 20mm | ||
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| another two from Ireland colliery, but square - same die(?) with dot top left | ||
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| another from Ireland colliery, but square - another die | ||
| Ireland Colliery was located in North Derbyshire, England, near to Arkwight Colliery and Westthorpe Colliery - Mark Smith. | ||
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| - | IRISH HILLS FIRE DEPT 10TH ANNIVERSARY 1948-1958 | |
| GOOD LUCK a horseshoe and a green shamrock aluminium | ||
| The same reverse die was used on Mardi Gras pieces illustrated elsewhere and various others. | ||
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| STAGECOACH STOP ... IRISH HILLS, MICH. ... a gunslinger | ||
| GOOD LUCK SOUVENIR crossed revolvers | ||
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| similar | ||
  smaller stars
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| GOLDEN NUGGET SALOON with mining scene (panhandler?) IRISH HILLS MICHIGAN | ||
| GOOD LUCK SOUVENIR - 2 varieties | ||
| White metal. US 25¢ size. | ||
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| STAGECOACH STOP IRISH HILLS MICH. elongated penny | ||
There are a number of "Irish Hills" throughout the USA and I'm not sure where the Fire Dept one is from.    | ||
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| ANTIQUE-FURNITURE STRIPPING THE STRIPPER IRELAND IND. Ph 634-3216 GOOD FOR $1.00 IN TRADE | ||
| a buffalo WOODEN NICKEL UNTIED (sic) STATES OF AMERICA | ||
| A number of wooden nickels have "UNTIED" in place of UNITED. | ||
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| CENTURY OF PROGRESS 1934 | ||
| SOUVENIR OF THE IRISH VILLAGE | ||
| 20mm nickel? I've seen another described much the same but without "Irish Village" and another with "Belgium Village" | ||
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| THE IRISH VILLAGE | CHICAGO 1893 = a castle (Blarney) tower | ||
| starting at 12 o'c;- ISIRISTSEALIAETENVMTEF = ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS shamrocks and tiny letters JOHNSON DUBLIN below | ||
These turn up on eBay fairly frequently.
I'm not sure what the letters mean - they don't seem to make sense - perhaps they were a puzzle and the person who solved it won $1000, similar to the suggested use of the Dublin token also issued by Johnson which also showed various letters around the rim and £500 in the centre. Perhaps these were given to visitors who then had to check the letters against a "winning legend" only on display at the Irish village - thus encouraging them to visit that part of the fair. 1893 World's Fair - The Columbian Exposition - Chicago, Illinois, USA | ||
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| IRISH FAIR 18 (a harp) 97 CHICAGO | ||
| a circle of (about) 26 stars = Liberty head left in a circle | ||
| I've seen three of these - a bit like an Irish tavern check! | ||
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| IRISH VILLAGE WORLD'S FAIR CHICAGO 1934 scene. An elongated (USA) penny | ||
| also listed under Elongates - common. The 1934 World Fair was "opened" by light from a star (then thought to be) 40 light years away - ie the light had set out when the last World Fair was held in Chicago in 1893. The 159 different images pressed during this fair were catalogued by Lee Martin and Dottie Dow in YESTERDAY'S ELONGATEDS. This coin is CPIE-29, Rarity (3). | ||
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O: HOTEL IRELAND = 5
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O: EXHIBITION SOUVENIR | 1892 | -.- | MDME IRELAND'S HERBAL TOILET | PREPARATIONS.
R: THE PENNY OF THE TIME OF OUR LORD (tiny makers letters WH MOFFE ?)= a Roman or Greek coin
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O: ONE DO. IRELAND. = Indian head
Possibly used in a brothel in a northern US state. "ONE DO" is slang for sex.
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O: IRELAND'S CIGAR STORE | ... | MILLVILLE | N.J. | ...
R: GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE
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O: THE IRISH BAYOU LUMBER CO. 1913 NOT TRANSFERABLE STURGIS, TEXAS.
R: GOOD FOR 25¢ IN MERCHANDISE ONLY AT OUR STORE. alum. 27mm
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O: ONE ON EACH TIRE | OR | PURCHASE | OF | $10.00 | OR OVER | IRELAND | AUTO CO. | STANDISH, MICH.
R: GOOD FOR | $1.00$ | ON A TIRE
From MI, Mich, Michigan, 38mm aluminium
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26mm
O: I.A.C. PUTNAM CLUB
R: 10c IN TRADE
These are for the Irish American Club in Putnam, Conneticut
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O: GLEN IRISH | -.- | 6 | N. SAG. ST. | PONTIAC, | MICH.
R: GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE
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Hugh C Irish Capt. ...
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O: IRISH'S (from Grass Range, Montana)
R: GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE
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slightly different reverse
