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1 Glass Beer - Prima Brewing Company Springfield, Illinois

1 Glass Beer - Prima Brewing Company (Springfield, Illinois) - obverse1 Glass Beer - Prima Brewing Company (Springfield, Illinois) - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Type Business tokens › Beer tokens
Year 1935
Composition Brass
Weight 9.2 g
Diameter 29 mm
Thickness 2 mm
Shape Round
Technique Milled
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
254266
References TC# 200166
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Femal Bust

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PRIMA BREWING COMPANY
1894 1935
AMERICA'S FINEST BEER

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
PRIMA SALES CO.
GOOD FOR
ONE GLASS
PRIMA BEER
AT ANY
TAVERN
MAIN 603 SPRINGFIELD, ILL.
OSBORNE REGISTER CO. CINTI. O.

Edge

Plain

Mint

Osborne Coinage, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (1835-date)

Comments

Issued by distributor in Springfield, Illinois.
Prima Beer is an old lager that was brewed in Chicago, at the Ernst Brothers' Independent Brewing Association, formerly located at 1440 N. Halsted on Goose Island, starting in 1890.
These tokens were issued by distributors through out the Midwestern United States.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
1935 

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