1 Loaf of Bread - Portuguese Bakery Oakland, California

1 Loaf of Bread - Portuguese Bakery (Oakland, California) - obverse1 Loaf of Bread - Portuguese Bakery (Oakland, California) - reverse

© R.J. Adams

Features

Location United States
Issuing entity Portuguese Bakery Oakland, California
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Years 1922-1925
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.8 g
Diameter 30 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Number
N#
281537
References TC# 198992,
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)
Album# P23,
Stephen Album; 1971. Catalogue of California Merchants Tokens / Volume 1. Northern California. Self-published, Berkeley, California, United States.
And 1 more volumes.
Kappen# 420,
Charles V. Kappen, N. Neil Harris; 1976. California Tokens. The Token and Medal Society, El Cajon, California, United States.
TAMS# 379
Token and Medal Society (http://www.tokenandmedal.org/)

Obverse

Portuguese coat or arms on webbed globe in the center. Addition circle inside of rim. Legend at perimeter.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PORTUGUESE BAKERY
1840 EAST 14TH. ST.

Reverse

Legend at perimeter. Value in center.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
GOOD FOR
1
LOAF OF BREAD

Comments

Advertizment in Oakland Tribune several time in December 1924.
Backery listed for sale after 3 years of business. In the wanted adds of the Oakland Tribune. Listed several times in the month of October 1925. By deduction it would say that the tokens would have been made between 1922 and 1925.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1922-1925) 

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