Amusement Tokens
Since the days of ancient Rome when a token-operated device dispensed water, tokens have been used to operate machines. A number of early coin operated machines used tokens.
Their use started in the late 1800’s as casino token or gaming tokens and continues today in the form of Arcade tokens. Some of the early machines that used amusement tokens included slot machines, pinball machines, cigar vending machines and musical instruments.
Only a very few Amusement Tokens can be attributed to Louisiana such as the “Alma Machine Co.” pictured below. Most were provided by the machine manufacturer’s who were located in San Francisco, Chicago or Detroit. Usually their name or the machine name appeared on the token.
Alma Machine Co.
New Orleans, LA
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Walting MFG. Co.
Chicago, IL
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Below is a list of older Louisiana Trade Tokens. Some of these date back to the early 1900s.
4760-H/2-05 Hopkins Amusement Co. S8-A
4760-H/2-25 Hopkins Amusement Co. Rd-A
6293-A/9-05 Alma Machine Co. 5¢ Rd-WM
6293-A/9-25 Alma Machine Co. 25¢ Rd-B
6293-A/9-100 Alma Machine Co. 100 Rd-B
6293-A/9-200 Alma Machine Co. 200 Rd-B
6293-B/13a Bayou Novelty Co. NpB/iron Rd-BI
6293-B/13b Bayou Novelty Co. CpB/iron Rd-BI
6293-C/2-05 C & N Sales Co. Rd-B
6293-C/7-05a C. N. Co. Mach. No. 2 Rd-B
6293-C/7-05b C. N. Co. Mach. No. 4 Rd-B
6293-C/7-05b C. N. Co. Mach. No. 12 Rd-B
6293-C/46-05a Cont. Slot Mach Co. No.58 Rd-B
6293-UL Cont. Slot Mach Co. No.42 Rd-B
6293-C/46-60 Continentals S. M. Co. Rd-B
6293-C/47-05a Cont. S. M. Co. Mach. No.18 Rd-B
6293-C/47-05b Cont. S. M. Co. Mach. No.36 Rd-B
6293-C/64-05a Crescent Novelty Co. “A” Rd-B
6293-C/64-05b Crescent Novelty Co. “B” Rd-B
6293-C/65-05 Crescent Novelty Co. No.44 Rd-B
6293-D/4-05 D. N. Co. (Dixie Novelty) Rd-B
6293-N/15 New Orleans Gum Co. Rd-B
6293-N/16 New Orleans Novelty Co. Rd-B
6293-0/7-05a Orleans Machine Co. Rd-WM
6293-0/7-05b Orleans Machine Co. Rd-WM
6293-0/8-05a Orleans Machine Co. Rd-WM
6293-0/8-05b Orleans Machine Co. 2mm hole Rd-WM
6293-0/8-25 Orleans Machine Co. Rd-WM
6293-0/9-05 Orleans Mach. Co. Rd-WM
6293-0/10-05 O. M. Co. Rd-WM
6293-S/59-500 Southern Coin Mach. Exchange Rd-BI
6293-S/60a So Ven Co 21mm Rd-S
6293-S/60b So Ven Co 21mm Rd-B
6293-S/60c So Ven Co 18mm Rd-S
6293-S/61 Sport Center Rd-B
7791-S/17 Southern Music & Vending Co. Rd-WM
7917-UL The White Kitchen Rd-Np
Good For One Tune
Use in Pay to play
Musical Instruments
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Gold Award
Slot Machine Token
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