5 Cents - Watling Mfg. Co. Chicago, Illinois
Features
| Location |
United States
 |
|---|---|
| Type | Amusement tokens › Phonograph tokens |
| Value | 5 Cents (0.05 USD) |
| Currency | Dollar (1785-date) |
| Composition | Mosiądz |
| Weight | 4.2 g |
| Diameter | 21 mm |
| Shape | Okrągły |
| Technique | Frezowana |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Number | N# 223765 |
| References | Bowers# W-280, W-290, etc. Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. Stephen P. Alpert, Kenneth E. Smith; 1984. Video Arcade, Pinball, Slot Machine, and Other Amusement Tokens of North America. Amusement Token Collectors Association, Redondo Beach, California, United States. Ore H. Vacketta; 1983. Trade Tokens of Illinois: A Catalog of Detailed Listings of Merchant Trade Tokens of Illinois (2nd Edition). World Exonumia Press, Rockford, Illinois, United States.TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com) |
Obverse
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
WATLING MFG. CO.
153 TO 159
W. JACKSON
STREET.
CHICAGO.
WE MAKE SLOT MACHINES
Reverse
Script: łaciński
Lettering:
GOOD FOR ONE TUNE
OR
5¢
IN TRADE
WRITE FOR CATALOGUE
Edge
Zwykły
Comments
(en)
Watling Mfg. Co. made slot machines & token operated scales from early 1900s-1930s.
W-280
On reverse, O in OR under left side of R in FOR, Dashes low on each side of the star
W-290
On reverse, O in OR under R in FOR, Line in cent sign (¢) is left of center and leans left. Dashes thick and centered on each side of the star
W-300
On reverse, O in OR under left side of R in FOR, Line in cent sign (¢) is centered and leans left. Dashes thin and centered on each side of the star
W-310
On reverse, O in OR under R in FOR, Line in cent sign (¢) is center and leans left, bottom is shorter, wider and thicker than top.
W-320
On the reverse, O in OR under R in FOR, Line in cent sign (¢) is weak and imperfect.
W-330
On Obverse, Period after MFG closer to C than to G. On reverse, O in OR under R in FOR. A left star point is mostly missing
W-340
On the reverse, O in OR under R in FOR, Line in cent sign (¢) is vertical and heavy. Upper star point leans slightly left
W-350
On the reverse, O in OR under R in FOR, Line in cent sign (¢) is close to R in OR. Dot between to dashes instead of a star.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | References | ||||||||
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| ND | Bowers# W-280Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-290Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-300Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-310Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-320Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-330Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-340Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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| ND | Bowers# W-350Quentin David Bowers; 2009. A tune for a token: tokens used to play mechanical music machines (2nd Edition). Token and Medal Society. |
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