For sale,  an  EARLY (CIRCA 1914)..AND SCARCE R8 "SEPARATE TOWN" VARIETY AS LISTED IN THE  DUNN SCHILLING HOSKINS CATALOG AS CG-1a) AND LISTED UNDER CC IN LATEST TOKEN CATALOG, trade  token once used to get "GOOD FOR 12 1/2C IN TRADE" at a business called " CARSON HOT SPRINGS (RESORT, BAR)"  once located in historic site of  "CARSON HOT SPRINGS" NEAR CARSON CITY, NEVADA

The original 1990 Nevada token catalog listed "CARSON HOT SPRINGS" as a separate town....and I would tend to agree.....like other nearby hot springs (Wallys, etc) this was not in downtown Carson City, but actually way out of 1914 Carson heading out of town towards big Washoe Lake,

BEEN TOLD THIS WAS A HOT SPRINGS RESORT WITH BAR SALOON, ETC...THERE IS A GREAT WEBSITE WHICH GIVES THE HISTORY OF THIS SITE WHICH GOES BACK TO USE IN 1849 BY THOSE PIONEERS ON THERE WAY TO CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH...IN 1880 IT WAS CALLED "SWIFTS HOT SPRINGS" AND HAD A HOTEL, BATH HOUSES, BAR & CLUBHOUSE...JUST AWESOME

THIS COMES OUT OF A LIFETIME COLLECTION OF CARSON CITY REGION NEVADA TOKENS....THIS VARIETY  IS MUCH TOUGHER TO FIND...I track historic prices and have seen this token sell in the $49-55 range over the years

Trade token is brass, round,  about 21mm in diameter, and it displays nicely and is fully readable (please see pictures in gallery) 

This is a TOUGHER TO FIND VARIETY IN THE NEVADA TOKEN...ABOUT R8...BEAUTIFUL SPECIMEN AND REALLY CONSIDERED A "SEPARATE TOWN" FROM CARSON CITY, trade token, used at "CARSON HOT SPRINGS (LODGING AND SALOON) once used in region of historic Nevada mint town of CARSON CITY, NEVADA....

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