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NM - Deming,Luna County - Ledbetter's Grocery Tokens

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Medals & Tokens Start Price:100.00 USD Estimated At:200.00 - 300.00 USD
NM - Deming,Luna County - Ledbetter's Grocery Tokens
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Lot of 13 including 7 from the grocer. These seven include five, 10 and 25 cent bottle return pieces and one, five 10 and 50 cent food stamp eligible credit discs.

Other pieces in the group include, Good for 10 cents in trade at Field's Deming (R9)-Kiser nm326c, Sunset Dairy, W.T. Russel prop. Good for five cents in trade-Kiser nm337a, two (2) from City Dairy, Good for one pint (R8)-unlisted and one quart-unlisted, Deming Billiard Hall (R10), Good for five cents in trade-Kiser nm324a and a 25 cent credit to the Deming Club and La Fiesta Bar-unlisted.

The city, founded in 1881 and incorporated in 1902, was an important port of entry on the US-Mexican border until the Gadsden Purchase of 1853. A nickname was given to the city at the time of its founding, "New Chicago". It was expected that with the surge of railroad usage, that the city would grow drastically and resemble "The Windy City."

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