I was contacted by a man who has some aluminum tokens that have denominations of 2.5 cents, 5 cents and 10 cents and say "Good For In Trade". On the reverse they say "Baseball Headquarters 413 SO 15 ST" around the edge and "Phone Jackson 9832" in the center. I am assuming these would be smaller tokens of the type used by businesses for trade tokens.
His understanding is that they came from a cigar store operated by Jackie Gaughan in Omaha. My research brings up a story about such a cigar store and bookie joint called Baseball Headquarters in Omaha run by Sam Ziegman. Maybe Jackie ran it later?
Anyway, is anyone familiar with these tokens and do you have an idea of their value? This man said he would send me a scan within the next few days, but I don't have one yet. I don't know how many tokens he has.
(the picture below is unrelated)
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