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Token
Token

Token

Date1870-1940
MediumBrass
DimensionsPrimary Dimensions (height x width ): 1/2 x 1/2in. (1.3 x 1.3cm)
ClassificationsCommercial Objects
Credit LineGift of the children of Richard and Georgette Koopman
DescriptionBrass Connecticut Company trolley token with inscriptions on both sides around the edges. The center of the token is cut out, and there is a 'U' shape left in the middle.
Object number2007.24.58
InscribedOne side of the coin reads, "Connecticut / Company" around the edge. The other side reads, "Good For / One Fare" around the edge.
Subject Terms
    Collections
    • G. Fox & Co.
    On View
    Not on view
    Gift of Morton Katz 2010.203.1 (c) The Connecticut Historical Society
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    The Veeder Manufacturing Company
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    The Newman S. Hungerford Museum Fund, 2014.52.0  © 2014 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    1840s
    Gift of Mrs. George Leland Nichols, 1963.71.17 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Goodyear Rubber Company
    about 1895
    Gift of Paul V. Allen, 1983.205.2 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Celluloid Starch Co.
    after 1899
    Museum purchase, 1987.224.0, Connecticut Museum of Culture and History collection, Public Domai…
    Traut & Hine Manufacturing Company
    Gift of the Smith-Worthington Saddlery Co., 2022.6.28, Connecticut Historical Society, No Known…
    Smith-Worthington Saddlery Company
    Gift of Gennaro J. Capobianco, 2005.180.59  © 2013 The Connecticut Historical Society.
    Sperlari
    after 1950
    Ladies of the Methodist Episcopal Church and Society of Voluntown, Connecticut
    1848
    Connecticut Historical Society collections, 1985.230.0 © 2017 The Connecticut Historical Societ…
    Phoenix Home Life Mutual Insurance Company
    1926