USA 1920's - Ceylon MN
Koenecke & Ditz ( K & D )

USA two Five Cents and one Fifty Cents Merchant Trade token from Herman Koenecke & William Ditz Billiards (1917-1940) in Ceylon, Martin County, Minnesota. In the early days of Pool halls there was always a Barber's chair and Bar. Koenecke was the Barber and Ditz was the Saloon keeper.

SPECIFICATIONS
Value5 cents
AlloyBrass
Diameter22. mm
Thickness1.? mm
Weight?.? gms
ShapeAnnular
EdgePlain
DieAxis
koenecke_ditz_ceylon_mn_5c_obverse koenecke_ditz_ceylon_mn_5c_reverse
Token Catalog #171718

Obverse : Name KOENECKE & DITZ above and town CEYLON, MINN. below along periphery of central hole, all within circle of dots inside raised rim.
Reverse : GOOD FOR 5¢ IN TRADE above central hole along the periphery, all within circle of dashes along raised rim.
Value50 cents
AlloyBrass
Diameter22 mm
Thickness1.? mm
Weight?.? gms
ShapeRound
EdgePlain
DieAxis
k&d_ceylon_mn_5c_obverse k&d_ceylon_mn_5c_reverse
Token Catalog #171718

Obverse : Name K & D above and town and state CEYLON,MINN. below along periphery, with ellipsoid-diamond-ellipsoid (   ●♦●   ) in between. All within circle of dots inside raised rim.
Reverse : Large 5¢ at center with two diamonds ( ♦ ) on either side breaking the legend GOOD FOR on top and IN TRADE below along the periphery, all within circle of dots inside raised rim.
Value50 cents
AlloyBrass
Diameter28.2/ 26.4 mm
Thickness1.? mm
Weight4.95 gms
ShapeOctagon
EdgePlain
DieAxis
k&d_ceylon_mn_50c_obverse k&d_ceylon_mn_50c_reverse
Token Catalog #171715

Obverse : Name K. & D. above and state MINN. below along periphery, and town CEYLON, in downward arc at center, between Diamond ( ) above and text SCHAAF-MPLS below all within circle of stars within raised rim.
Reverse : Large 50¢ at center with text SCHAAF-MPLS below and the legend GOOD FOR on top and IN TRADE at bottom along the periphery, all within circle of stars within raised rim.

See also lower denomination WM. Ditz & Son 2.5¢ token and higher denomination Ditz & Son tokens

The 5¢ token was won by Shiran Cruse in 2009 January on ebay from a seller from MN, USA was unfortunately lost in mail. If this token as imaged is found for Sale please report it.
Other two token images photoshoped from 400 dpi photograph posted in tokencatalog.com, and are displayed at 250 dpi.

I thank Marlen Bents and Gerald Rosenberg of Ceylon MN, for the history.

See also the Ceylon MN token site for more stories.