5 Cents - H. S. Sackett Vale, Oregon

5 Cents - H. S. Sackett (Vale, Oregon) - obverse5 Cents - H. S. Sackett (Vale, Oregon) - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Value 5 Cents (0.05 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Brass
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
76285
References Hemphill# 8950 - Page 489,
James Hemphill; 1992. Oregon trade tokens (First edition). World Exonumia Press, Rockford, IL.
TC# 4779
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Name of proprietor, value of token and town name.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
H.S. SACKETT
5¢ H 5¢
VALE, ORE.

Reverse

Name of proprietor, value of token and town name.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
H.S. SACKETT
5¢ H 5¢
VALE, ORE.

Edge

Plain

Comments

The area in Malheur County Oregon was first explored in 1811 by John Jacob Astor’s overland expedition to Astoria. French-Canadian trappers from the expedition came back through the area in 1813 and 1814 to trap beaver for pelts along the Malheur River. They built a cabin on Willow Creek, near present day Vale. According to local tradition, Indians raided the party and stole their pelts, leaded them to call the area "Malheur," or "bad time."

Vale was established in 1883 when a post office was founded, later the community incorporated in 1889. It was the first stop along the Oregon Trail in Oregon.

This token produced by Harry S. Sackett, who owned a billiards and confectionery business from 1940 to 1942 in Vale, Oregon.
 

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