For sale,  a  TOUGH TO FIND, BETTER TOWN, AND DOCUMENTED MERCHANT IN FIRST CATALOG (LISTED IN FIRST KAPPEN BOOK) "good for" trade token once used as "GOOD FOR 5C IN TRADE " at business called " UNITED CIGAR STORE (TOBACCO, CIGAR STAND)", in the town of DELANO, CALIFORNIA

THIS IS A DOCUMENTED MERCHANT, AND IN FIRST BOOK AND IS A REAT SPECIMEN FROM TOWN...

Like many California towns over the years…this town has really grown…but if you look under "DELANO" in the California token book…there are very few listings….Why you say would a town today with 58,000 people today have only a few token listings……..well, one reason might be THE POPULATION OF DELANO IN 1900 WAS 119 PEOPLE….yes, in the day of this token, Delano was a tiny little town…grew to 800 people by 1915.

The town of Delano is located in Kern County California…sort of west of Sierra Nevada Mountains, Sequoia National Park near towns of Earlimart, Visalia and McFarland Ca.

This is a tougher town to find old tokens from. 

This token is listed in the original California token book (Kappen) under town of DELANO 

Trade token is brass metal, round, 21mm, and it  displays nicely. (please see pictures in gallery) 

Gallery pictures should show you all you need to know. BEING OFFERED AS "BUY IT NOW" LOT

While many California trade tokens can be in "dug" condition, this is a nice "problem free" token.

Attractive AND  TOUGHER TOWN, TOUGHER TO FIND BRASS 5c VARIETY, TOBACCO DEALER ISSUED old token once used in trade at the "UNITED CIGAR STORE" business in old downtown DELANO, CALIFORNIA

Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!!   Tangible assets are always the best ones.