April 12, 2024
1913 MIDAS NV NEVADA GHOST TOWN ELKO "CODY & WHALEN" (RAN SALOON) TOKEN SCARCE
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For sale, a RARE (CIRCA 1913 era) token once used at merchant simply called " CODY & WHALEN (THEY RAN A SALOON) " in the old GHOST TOWN of MIDAS, Nevada . (Elko County) The site of MIDAS is a considered a living GHOST TOWN today, with few old buildings left, and a tiny undocumented population (this town shows up on ghost town lists) Town originally called "GOLD CIRCLE' then around 1909 was named MIDAS. Merchant "J.W. Cody" listed as running SALOON in Midas in the 1913 bradstreet Nevada directory, This is a very attractive old genuine Nevada merchant token, used at a SALOON IN MIDAS token from a Nevada ghost town. (those are all good things) I was fortunate enough to get one of these in a Nevada collection (I track auction records, and have seen these sell typically in the $175-225 range over the years) These are tough to find, only a couple of tokens even listed under "MIDAS" Nevada..it never was a big enough town to have a lot of merchants. With tokens this scarce, it is hard to price them.....very few left around today. (and...rumor is, that walmart all sold out of this model) THIS IS ONLY ONE OF THESE I HAVE TO OFFER ON EBAY, THIS IS IT. Trade token is brass metal, round, about 21mm in diameter, and it displays nicely (please see pictures in gallery) BEAUTY!!!! Many Nevada tokens are in "dug" condition...this is a very
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