Merchant Tokens from Ceylon Minn USA

Good For	in	Alloy	Size	Shape	link	Name
5c	Trade	Ni plated Brass	21.2mm	Round	token	Top Hat Cafe
5c	Merchandise	Aluminum	27.3mm	Octagon	token	H. P. Andrews
10c	Merchandise	Aluminum	27.3mm	Octagon	token	H. P. Andrews
25c	Merchandise	Aluminum	27.1mm	Octagon	token	H. P. Andrews
50c	Merchandise	Aluminum	26.9mm	Octagon	token	H. P. Andrews
5c	Merchandise	Aluminum	22.5mm	Octagon	token	Prust & Boehne
10c	Merchandise	Aluminum	22.5mm	Octagon	token	Prust & Boehne
$1.00	Merchandise	Aluminum	33.3mm	Octagon	token	Prust & Boehne
5c	Trade	Aluminum	22.3mm	Round	token	Rosenberg&Lenz
5c	Trade	Brass	21.2mm	Round	token	Dutchman's
5c	Trade	Brass	21.2mm	Round	token	Dutchman's (cup)
5c	Trade	Brass	21.2mm	Round	token	Gus & Squiz
$1.00	Trade	Brass	31.0mm	Round	token	Gus & Squiz
2½c	Trade	Brass	21.0mm	Round	token	W M. Ditz & Son
50c	Trade	Brass	29.0mm	Octagon	token	K.&D.
35c	Trade	Aluminum	23.6mm	Round	token	Ceylon Post 529
55c	Trade	Blue Plastic	28.6mm	Round	token	Ceylon Legion Post#529
One	Drink	Wood	38.4mm	Round	token	Buke's Place

• Top Hat Cafe No dates given.
  
• H. P. Andrews Grocery & General Store 1908-1943
  Mrs. Harry P. Andrews Grocery 1945-1949
  1904 H.P. Andrews was appointed postmaster in Ceylon.
  1943 H.P. Andrews, prominent merchant died at the age of 63 years.
  1945 Henry Saggau bought the Andrews Store.
• Prust & Boehne 1909-1915
  5 ¢ Aluminum (Lost eBay Auction image)
  $ 1.00 Aluminum (Ceylon Historical Society Museum scan)
  
• Rosenberg & Lenz
  
• Dutchman's Saloon. No years given
  1967 Harold Huntley purchased "Dutchmans'" from Bill and Marie Baumgartner.
• Gus & Squiz Ceylon Hotel, No years given
  
• K & D Herman Koenecke & Wm M Ditz Billiards 1917-1940
  50 ¢ Brass (Marlen Bents - scan)
  2 ½¢ (Missed eBay Auction image)
  Ditz & Son Wm A. Ditz Saloon 1908-1917
  Billiards & Beverages 1917-1950
  Wm. M. Ditz & Son Saloon 1914-1917
  Wm. M. Ditz Jr. Saloon & Billiards 1950-1951
• Ceylon Legion Post 529 1970-1987+
  
• Leo Nassen Billiards 1937-1938
• J. O. Querna Genl. Mdse. John O. Querna General Store & Jewelry 1914-1929
  Grocery & Meat Market 1937-1942
• R & S Place Reiman & Stenstrum Beverage & Bowling 1920

According to Dick Grinolds, another major Minnesota collector, Tokens from Ceylon MN are not easy to find. In general most tokens did not survive, since they were destroyed when a store changed ownership and the new owner didn't want the old tokens return to be redeemed. Some from Ceylon MN, are rare with only few known to exist.

To complete this online catalog I would greatly appreciate receiving from museums, collectors or dealers 300 dpi or higher scans or digital photographs of VF of better tokens not linked above or listed with comment Photocopy.

Computer scans of the actual coins themselves outside any holder are preferred since that retains both the scale and perspective which is lost in Digital photographs. Scans from books and Auction catalogs are not as useful since they are printed at 150 dpi or less and most often in B&W.
Source will be acknowledged based on contributors preference.

Please E_mail any comments to me. Thanks.