For sale,  a  TOUGH TO FIND, BETTER TOWN, AND BOOKS HIGH (ONE OF THE HIGHER BOOKING MERCHANT FROM TOWN IN FIRST KAPPEN BOOK AS 1K-6 "good for" trade token once used as "GOOD FOR 5c IN TRADE" at business called " DELANO POOL HALL , O.D. (proprietor initials)", in the town of DELANO, CALIFORNIA

THIS IS A SCARCE MERCHANT, AND IN FIRST BOOK IS ONE OF THE HIGHER BOOKING TOKEN FROM TOWN..THIS IS A TOUGHIE TO FIND....OF COURSE EX-LERCH COLLECTION

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 as K6 and this is a very nice uncleaned specimen. 

Trade token is brass metal, round, 21mm, and it  displays nicely. (please see pictures in gallery) Has not been cleaned. Natural toning intact, Natural patina intact

Gallery pictures should show you all you need to know. 

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

Attractive AND  TOUGHER TOWN, SCARCE "O.D. VARIETY" BILLIARD PARLOR BUSINESS old token once used in trade at the " DELANO POOL HALL - O.D." business in old downtown DELANO, CALIFORNIA

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