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[thegrump179]

Token or what?

Does anyone know what this is?

[not_an_eloi]

google,  osborne garrett and co barber token

see what you turn up, grizzo

[thegrump179]

Sorry everyone my TOPIC disappeared.  It's this laptop I'm using,  I keep touching the mouse pad with my thumb.  Anyway Thanks grizzo.   I did find some info on the token.  Googling the name and the abbreviation was next to useless  until I added the word token.

[not_an_eloi]

bugger this,  'ave  to sign in again every time    ;\

found this bit 'o info

"29mm brass 19 th or early 20 th century issued by Osborne Garrett & Co Ltd, hairdressers' sundriesmen, Birmingham, Warwickshire. 

Barbers tokens were used to prevent fraud by the cutters. Clients would have to buy the token in advance and then hand it to the barber in exchange for the required service. This would reduce barbers carrying out services for cash in hand at a reduced rate. At the end of the day the tokens would be handed in and tallied. They are said to have been used in South Africa and Australia as well as Great Britain"

don't know of 'em, per'aps the info's useful, though

[not_an_eloi]

mate 'ere is laughin', reckons they might 'ave been used in brothels.

B-)

[numismatichemist]

This is the earlier OG&Co token design. Later types had the company name vernacularized to "Ogee".