1915 GLOBE MIAMI ARIZONA (GILA MINING) COBB BROS GROCERY RARE SCRIP TOKEN BOOK

Description: For sale, a RARE TO FIND.....EARLY CIRCA 1915 (107 YEARS OLD).....COMPLETE BOOK (UNLISTED) MINING CAMP "SCRIP" AND "GOOD FOR" PAPER TOKEN BOOK, EACH TICKET IS NOW LISTED IN ARIZONA TOKEN CATALOG UNDER 2 MINING CAMPS WHICH WAS USED AS "GOOD FOR THEIR VALUE IN MERCHANDISE $20.00" AT THE "COBB BROS. MERCHANTS COUPON (GROCERY STORE)" once issued in mining camp towns of GLOBE & MIAMI ARIZONATHESE OLD "COBB BROS" SCRIP PAPER TOKENS ARE ACTUALLY LISTED IN THE LATEST ARIZONA TOKEN BOOK....UNDER GLOBE AS GLO-128......UNDER MIAMI AS MIA-116...EACH TINY TICKET INSIDE BOOKS FOR $10 IN THE LATEST BOOK....THERE ARE 400 TICKETS IN THE BOOK (yeah....do the math)THE "COBB BROS" OPERATED THEIR GROCERY STORES IN DOWNTOWN MINING CAMPS OF GLOBE & MIAMI ARIZONA......RIGHT AROUND 1915 ERA PER THE CATALOGTHIS IS RARE SIMPLY BECAUSE IT IS A COMPLETE SCRIP BOOK....WHICH IS UNLISTED IN THE CATALOG....SO IT IS A FULL BOOK, WITH ABOUT 400 TOKENS IN IT, WHICH IF YOU DID THE MATH IS WORTH A LOT...BUT I DO NOT WANT TO "PIECE IT OUT".....SO YOU GET THE ENTIRE SCRIP BOOK The mining camp towns of Globe and Miami are located in Gila County Arizona...not far from Superior and Claypool Az If you look at the latest Arizona token book....these individual scrip paper tokens are listed.....but not the complete book of 400 tokens Antique scrip token book is brown cardboard, complete with scrip inside, measures 110mm x 70mm in size, and in decent shape..somebody taped cover, but its all there (see gallery) Gallery pictures should show you all you need to know. (old cardboard token comes in "hard sleeve" to preserve during shipment) While many Arizona tokens are in "dug" condition...these old cardboard paper scrip tokens do not have that option. If tossed in the dump back in the day, they are gone. These are tough to find, because great great grandpa had to purpose to save this for some reason.TOUGH TO IMAGINE THIS LITTLE SCRIP TOKEN BOOK WAS ACTUALLY GOOD FOR $20 WORTH OF GROCERIES BACK IN 1915 IN THESE MINING CAMPS......THIS BOOK WAS VALUABLEoffered at a very fair starting bid considering the "book price" of these separate tickets is $4000....RARE ANTIQUE USED AROUND 1915, UNLISTED COMPLETE cardboard scrip token book, once "GOOD FOR $20 (IN 5C SCRIP TOKENS)" issued by the COBB BROTHERS GROCERY STORE...used in the historic mining camp towns of GLOBE & MIAMI, ARIZONA Thanks so much for looking....collect and invest in history!!!!! Tangible assets are always the best ones.

Price: 44.95 USD

Location: Tucson, Arizona

End Time: 2025-01-25T18:28:51.000Z

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