USA 1930's - Ceylon MN
Dutchman's

A USA Five Cents Merchant Trade token from Dutchman's, Saloon of Ceylon, Martin County, Minnesota.

SPECIFICATIONS
Value5 cents
AlloyBrass
Diameter21.2 mm
Thickness1.8 mm
Weight4.37 gms
ShapeRound
EdgePlain
DieAxis0°
 dutchman's_ceylon_mn_5c_obverse dutchman's_ceylon_mn_5c_reverse
Token Catalog #174189

Obverse : Name DUTCHMAN'S above and state MINN. below along periphery, and town CEYLON between Two Diamonds ( ♦ ) above and below at center.
Reverse : Large 5¢ at center with two stars ( ★ ) on either side breaking the legend GOOD FOR on top and IN TRADE at bottom along the periphery, all within plain rim.

Value5 cents
AlloyBrass
Diameter21.2 mm
Thickness1.8 mm
Weight4.37 gms
ShapeRound
EdgePlain
DieAxis0°
 dutchmans_ceylon_mn_5c_obverse dutchmans_ceylon_mn_5c_reverse
Token Catalog #171710

Obverse : Drawing of Wine Glass in center with name DUTCHMAN'S above along periphery, and town CEYLON.MINN. below, all within plain rim.
Reverse : Large 5¢ at center with two dots ( ⚫ ) on either side breaking the legend GOOD FOR on top and IN TRADE at bottom along the periphery, all within plain rim.

Dutchman's Saloon sold by Bill and Marie Baumgartner in 1967 to Harold Huntley.

Tokens won from e-Bay Auctions by a Token dealer in Minnesota, in 2004 November and 2004 July (with Cup).

The Lakdiva collection Tokens are on Loan to the Ceylon Area Historical Society and have been on display at their Museum in Ceylon Mn subsequent to my visit in 2005 September.

I thank Chris Hanning curator of the Granada MN Historical Museum and Gerald Rosenberg for the history.

The images of tokens are displayed at 254 dpi above are of higher grade tokens photoshoped from about 400 dpi photographs posted in tokencatalog.com

See also the Ceylon MN token site for more stories.