Token, amusement parks, Australia, early C20th

Richard Groetchen was an engineer and invented slot machines called Trade Stimulators

Groetchen Tool & Mfg Co

United States, North and Central America

89/575 Token, exchanged for two packets of cigarettes, 'Ginger', for use in trade stimulator machine, metal, made by Groetchen Tool & Mfg Co, United States of America, c. 1930

Substitutes for money that move within a limited universe, usually not in general circulation, may be exchanged for particular goods or services, and are made from hard substances whose intrinsic value is always less than the stated value (Getty Institute, Art and Architecture Thesaurus, 2005).

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'Ginger' token issued by Groetchen Tool & Mfg Co

Object No. 89/575

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