Owner Comments:
TOKEN APPEARANCE/CONDITION:
NCS Genuine
*Attractive specimen with light hairlines; Clean untoned surfaces that reflect gorgeous, lustrous and proof-like surfaces under indirect light.*
TOKEN BACKGROUND:
Trade token used by the Alama Grill in Alama, Colorado for 5C in trade circa 1940. — Restaurant/Grill was built following a town fire cin 1940. Appears to have been attached or adjacent to the Palmer Hotel on 12 S. Main Street.
CATALOG NUMBER(S):
Pritchard AL760-5
CMT A2040a
RARITY: Pritchard estimates more than 75 are known
NCS Census not available.
TOKEN DESCRIPTION:
(Aluminum, 23mm, Round, Plain Edge)
OBVERSE: Alma Grill / Alma, Colo.
REVERSE: Good for / 5¢ / in Trade
HISTORICAL TOWN/CITY BACKGROUND:
(Alma, Colorado):
"A surviving gold camp, Alma lays claim to being the nation's highest incorporated town in elevation. Leadville, often thought of in that regard, is actually America's highest city." — Credited Source: Stuart Pritchard