Silver hexagon shaped token. Embossed on front: "Henry Cafe, 1026 Gallia St., Portsmouth, Ohio." Embossed on back: "Good for 5 cents in trade." Henry Cafe was located at 1026 Gallia Street.
Copper colored coin/token for The Hub. One side says "The Hub, Portsmouth, Ohio" and "Good For 5 Cents In Trade" on the other side. The Hub was a café on Eleventh (11th) and Lawson Streets.
Copper dollar sized token. One side: "Value in exchange for meals, 50 cent Restaurants W.S.C." Second side: "Wheeling Steel Corpn. 50 cent. Portsmouth, WKS".
Copper colored token "C.M. & G. B. 2 1/2 in. trade" on front. "1015 11th St., Portsmouth, O." on the back. City Directory shows this as George Barbis and Charles Mihalitsis Billiards.
Silver, light-weight octagon shaped token used for milk bottle exchange. One side-"good for 5 cents when returned with bottle." flip side-"M.D. Co., I.M. Co., P.M. Co., I.C.&B Co., L.C.C. Co., S.D. Co., Portsmouth, Ohio." Companies are Modern Dairy, Ideal Milk, Pure Milk, Ice Cream & Bottling, ..............., and Select Dairy
Silver color metal token for bus fare. "Portsmouth City Bus Lines, Inc." on one side with image of a bus. "Good for one fare" and bus on other side. In the 1939 Portsmouth City Directory Portsmouth City Lines Inc. is located at Madison southwest corner Third (3rd) Street. There are 4 other bus lines listed in the city. The directory in 1957 lists Portsmouth City Lines at 215 Madison and only one other line (Greyhound)
Silver token with dark spots and small piece missing on bottom edge under "Ports. O." The Pennant Billiard Room was located at the corner of Fifth (5th) and Chillicothe Streets, operated by Edward Spangler.
Dime-sized, copper token with "Dallas Ruth, 1" on one side and "Ingle System Trade, PAT. June 1909" on the opposite side. Small hole in token. Dallas Ruth was a carpenter/contractor. These tokens were used for trade of service.
Coin token good for 10 cents issued by Burton's Exchange in 1862. On November 26, 1859 this ad appeared in the Portsmouth Times: "Burton's Exchange, formerly Hotel St. Charles, East Side Market Space, Portsmouth, Ohio. H.D. Burton will be found at the above place, ready to serve his friends and the public with Meals, on call; Oysters, Fish, Birds, Venison, Sardines, &c. FRESH OYSTERS having made arrangements to be supplied with Fresh Oysters, direct from Baltimore, I can supply dealers, parties, and families as cheap as any house west of Baltimore."
