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".
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."
Silver penny sized token. One side: "Value in exchange for meals, K.B.I. Restaurants 5". Second side: "Kademenos Bros. Inc. Restaurants, 5, Portsmouth, Ohio". In 1939 the Portsmouth City Directory lists George P Kademenos, restaurant manager at WS Corp. (Wheeling Steel)
One copper octagon shaped token:"Value in exchange for meals 1-K.B.I. Restaurants." Other side: "Kademenos Bros. Inc. Restaurants, Portsmouth, Ohio". The 1939 Portsmouth City Directory lists George P Kademenos, restaurant manager at WS Corp (Wheeling Steel)
Silver, quarter sized tokens, Pure Oil Company on one side, WPAY on the other side. Pure Oil sponsored Paul Wagner's radio show at 5:00 pm daily on WPAY, Portsmouth radio station.
