USA 1910's - Ceylon MN
Prust & Boehne

USA Five cents, Ten cents, Fifty cents and One dollar Merchant Trade tokens from Prust & Boehne, General Store of Ceylon, Martin County, Minnesota. Opened in 1909 and operated till 1915.

SPECIFICATIONS
Value5 cents
AlloyAluminum
Diameter20.5 / 22.0 mm
Thickness1.? mm
Weight1.? gms
ShapeOctagon
EdgePlain
DieAxis0°
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Token Catalog #171694
Value10 cents
AlloyAluminum
Diameter22.5 / 24.0 mm
Thickness1.6 mm
Weight1.32 gms
ShapeOctagon
EdgePlain
DieAxisO°
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Token Catalog #171695
Value50 cents
AlloyAluminum
Diameter28.5 / 30.0 mm
Thickness1.? mm
Weight2.?? gms
ShapeOctagon
EdgePlain
DieAxisO°
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Token Catalog #363449
Value$ 1
AlloyAluminum
Diameter32.5 / 35 mm
Thickness1.6 mm
Weight2.86 gms
ShapeOctagon
EdgePlain
DieAxis22.5°
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Token Catalog #363450

Obverse : Image of a bow-tie different in each denomination at center with name PRUST & BOEHNE, above along periphery, and town CEYLON, MINN. below along periphery, all within dot-circle insde raised rim.
Reverse : Large numeric value 5¢, 10¢, 50¢ or $1.00 at center with the legend. Two bowties above and below the 50¢ and Two stars (★) on either side of the $1.00. GOOD FOR on top and IN MERCHANDISE below at bottom along the periphery, all within dot-circle insde raised rim.
In $1.00 the IN separated from periphery and appears inbetween with outward pointing arrowheads on either side. (➤IN➤)

Ceylon history from probably an advertisment published in 1914 records Get your new percale dress material at Prust-Boehne at 35 cents per yard. .

Prust Market and Thompson's Grocery Store purchased in 1977 by Dave and Lorraine Origer and renamed in Dave's Corner Store

The 10 cents token is from an e-Bay Auction by a Token dealer in Minnesota, that I won in 2004 July.
This Lakdiva collection Token is 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.
The $1.00 token which was on display at the Ceylon MN Historical Society Museum was scanned at 300 dpi by me when I visited Ceylon MN on 2005 September 9th-11th.
The 5 cents token is from an an e-Bay Auction by a Token dealer in Minnesota, that I lost in 2005 December.
The 50 cents token photoshoped from 400 dpi photograph posted in tokencatalog.com
Images of all these tokens are displayed at 254 dpi.