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NM - Dawson,Colfax County - Southwestern Mercantile Co. Token

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:200.00 USD Estimated At:400.00 - 500.00 USD
NM - Dawson,Colfax County - Southwestern Mercantile Co. Token
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Lot of 4. 1-3) Southwestern Mercantile Company/ Not intended/ To/ Be Used/ As Money// GF (5, 10, 25c)/ In Merchandise/ Pat. July 1899. (Kiser nm313a-c). 4) Ralph Tannis Café/ Dawson/ N.M.// GF 5c IT (Kiser 314). Dawson was a coal mining company town founded in 1901 when John Barkley Dawson sold his coal-rich ranch to the Dawson Fuel Company. The mines proved productive, and by 1905 the population reached almost 2,000, later peaking at around 9,000. Dawson was the site of coal mining disasters in 1913 and 1923.

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