Louis Klatte

[all iron]

Found an octagon shaped token today that says Louis Klatte on one side and good for quart milk on the other.
Never seen such a thing
Can anyone help with the mystery?

 

[Mark652]

I am not sure, but I have found a number of tokens---some with a monetary value from 1 cent to 20 cents, others for free grocery items--- like that and learned a bit about them. In the 20s and 30s in rural communities, especially in the South, money was hard to get and a lot of bartering went on. A lot of small businesses, especially groceries and hardware stores, issued their own tokens that were exchangeable in their stores. Your Klatte token might be something like that. I am not sure if you can do a search locally and see if there was a Louis Klatte business in the past.

Hope this helps.

 

[tmanly]

What state was this found in? There were several Klatte's arrived in the US in 1851. All moved to Wisconsin, Below is a list from the ships log.
# Name age sex from moved to
197 Martha Klatte 11y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin
198 Maria Klatte 9y6m f Meklenburg Wisconsin
199 Louise Klatte 7y3m f Meklenburg Wisconsin
200 Hulda Klatte 5y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin
201 Caroline Klatte 21y4m f Meklenburg Wisconsin


Maybe some of their offspring.

Tom

 

[all iron]

this was found in Terre Haute Indiana / Vigo County