Owner Comments:
TOKEN APPEARANCE/CONDITION:
Choice Uncirculated
*A brilliant, all white frosty specimen with proof-like surfaces. Sharp details noted on both the obverse/reverse.*
TOKEN BACKGROUND:
Token used by the Elks Club in Canon City, Colorado for 25C in trade circa early 20th century..
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Pritchard lists 3 varieties of this issue; this being the scarcest of the 3. This variety exhibits a “bowtie” on the obverse, the next 4 diamonds and the last, no design features with the exception of the obverse description shown. Making this yet another high-grade, lustrous, and scare piece.
CATALOG NUMBER(S):
Pritchard CA420-25b
CMT C378
RARITY: Pritchard estimates ~35 examples are known
NGC Census not available.
TOKEN DESCRIPTION:
(Aluminum, 26mm, Round, Plain Edge)
OBVERSE: Elks Club / *(bowtie)* / Canon City, / Colo.
REVERSE: Good for / 25¢ / in Trade
HISTORICAL TOWN/CITY BACKGROUND:
(Canon City, Colorado):
“Oak Creek, five miles north of Canon City, was the site of the first oil well west of the Mississippi. In 1862. Fifteen years later, the spectacular fossil remains of a number of large dinosaurs including T. Rex, were made in the same area.” — Credited Source: Stuart Pritchard