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Re: I Just Know This One Is Real!

Western, yours is almost certainly a fantasy-fake one. From Alpert and Elman's 1992 "Tokens and Medals" book:
¶ there are some authentic ones, but they are almost always the smaller trade-type tokens. And with few exceptions they are not like the modern, large lurid and blatant ones. At most they bore the madam's name or the woman's name. Most were good at the bar or operated coin op music machines; they weren't "self-identification."
¶ the fantasy (fake) ones are usually brass and silver dollar size. "The most common reverses are "Good For All Night" and[unfortunately] "All NIght $3 Check,"" They list the names of about 50 fantasy ones including (unfortunately) "Uncle Sam Hotel, Yuma, Arizona Territory."

Robert

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