Some Unusual New York Hotel Tokens – Gary Oddie

This Blog is presented in four parts, reproducing (with minor edits) previously published notes from the past decade. It begins with a query as to why a small group of New York Restaurant tokens have denominations in shillings and pence. A few years later, with no progress having been made, the request was repeated.

A catalogue of the known issuing establishments and the denominations issued is then given. And finally, thanks to a reply to one of the earlier requests, a possible explanation is found as to why tokens denominated in shillings and pence appeared in New York restaurants in the middle of the nineteenth century.