1914 CARSON HOT SPRINGS, NEVADA (site near Carson City) R8 RESORT TOKEN, Cg-1a

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Seller: obscuro-tee ✉️ (17,003) 100%, Location: Tucson, Arizona, US, Ships to: US & many other countries, Item: 374344079072 1914 CARSON HOT SPRINGS, NEVADA (site near Carson City) R8 RESORT TOKEN, Cg-1a.

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.

 

  • Condition: ACTUALLY A SEPARATE SITE FROM CARSON CITY, OLD TOKEN, USED IN A RESORT BAR SALOON, SHOWS ABOUT R8 IN THE DUNN SCHILLING HOSKINS CATALOG AS CG-1A, OLDRESORT PROPERTY HOTEL WITH BAR SALOON, USED TO GET A DRINK OR CIGAR IN THE BAR, NOT TOWARDS A ROOM, CA 1914 HOT SPRINGS RESORT PER OLD DIRECTORY, ROUND BRASS, SHOWS R8 IN HOSKINS SCHILLING DUNN, AND BOOKS HIGHER IN NEW LISTINGS VERY NICE TOKEN, CIGAR BOX QUALITY, AGAIN, THIS IS CONSIDERED A SEPARATE SITE BY MOST NEVADA TOKEN COLLECTORS
  • TOWN VARIETY: NEAR CC
  • Shape: ROUND
  • SAN FRANCISCO CALIFORNIA: CC MINT TOWN, 1900
  • WASHOE CITY: PYRAMID LAKE
  • Material: BRASS
  • GARDNERVILLE NEVADA: MINDEN NEVADA
  • SWEENY SALOON: DAYTON NEVADA
  • 1906 BAKERY VIRGINIA CITY: 1914 SALOON AND HOTEL
  • SAGEBRUSH SALOON MERCHANT: CARSON CITY MINT NEVADA
  • Circulated/Uncirculated: Circulated
  • Type: GOOD FOR
  • BIG WASHOE LAKE: SEPARATE TOWN, IN DUNN
  • State: NEVADA
  • COMSTOCK NEAR: CARSON CITY MINT
  • Country: USA
  • CC MINT: VIRGINIA CITY NEVADA NEAR

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