Name/Title
Chandler Grocery Co. Token Coin, Ca. 1914Entry/Object ID
1978.11.1Description
ACC. NO. 78.11.1
SUBJECT CATEGORY: BUSINESSES, ALAMEDA
DATE OR PERIOD: CIRCA 1914
OBJECT: TOKEN COIN
DESCRIPTION: TOKEN IN THE FORM OF A COPPER COIN. CAST PROJECTED LETTERS.
CIRCUMFERENCE 1½"
HISTORY OF OBJECT: COIN FROM THE CHANDLER GROCERY CO, (A CHAIN IN ALAMEDA) IN TRADE ONLY FOR THE AMOUNT OF $1.00. PATENT AP 7, 1914. THE DONOR DUG THIS TOKEN UP AT ABOUT 10" UNDER THE SOIL SURFACE, BETWEEN PACIFIC AVENUE AND CYPRESS STREETS, NEAR 3rd STREET IN ALAMEDA.
ACQUIRED FROM: WILL SPIERSCH
DATE: NOV 4, 1978