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Cordova Alaska Token Pair

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Exonumia - Tokens Start Price:125.00 USD Estimated At:250.00 - 450.00 USD
Cordova Alaska Token Pair
Lot of 2: Northern Drug Co. Tokens, with "Good for 25c in Trade" and "Good for 50c in Trade" respectively on the reverse. Obverse on both reads "Northern Drug Co./Alaska" with "Cordova" in the center. Round, brass w/ alum. center, 24mm, AU condition. The 25c piece has (2) small black spots on the reverse. The town of Cordova was established about 1906, as a terminus for the Copper River & Northwestern Railway. It is situated at the mouth of the Orca inlet, on the east side of Prince William Sound. Principally a fishing community, it gained notoriety as the site of the Exxon Valdez oil disaster, and the oldest working ski lift in north America on Mt. Eyak.City: CordovaCounty: Valdez-CordovaState: AKDate: c 1911-1938