Token - Paid

Token - Paid - obverseToken - Paid - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Year 1817
Composition Copper
Weight 1.96 g
Diameter 19.5 mm
Thickness 0.5 mm
Shape Round
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
109672
References Batty# 202
David Thornbory Batty; 1868. Batty's Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of Great Britain, Ireland, British Isles and Colonies / Volume 1. John forsyth, Manchester, United Kingdom.
And 3 more volumes.

Obverse

Central double oval (solid and dotted lines) containing lettering. No dentil border around edge

Script: Latin

Lettering: PAID

Reverse

Central double oval (solid and dotted lines) containing date. Dentil border around edge

Script: Latin

Lettering: 1817

Edge

Plain

Comments

The Park Theatre opened January 1798, and is identified with the rare Theatre at New York Penny. These admission tokens were introduced in September 1817 to foil ushers' embezzling.
 Patrons to the New York Park Theatre were given the Admit token as a receipt of payment to gain entrance into the theatre. Then they would give it to the usher who would exchange it for a Paid token.

These tokens come in two types: ADMIT (in coin rotation) and PAID (in medal rotation). This one is PAID.
Catalogue: Rulau E-NY 41A


NOTE: Though listed as United States tokens, they are listed as United Kingdom tokens also ...

and are supposed to have been used at the Theatre Royal, Liverpool.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1817 

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