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Millbank, ON, R.B. Hamilton 10-cent Oblong Merchant Token
Millbank, ON, R.B. Hamilton 10-cent Oblong Merchant Token
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Millbank, ON, R.B. Hamilton 10-cent Oblong Merchant Token
Merchant tokens were popular across Canada from the 1890s to the Second World War, when advancements in technology and transportation largely made them obsolete. Coming in a variety of shapes and sizes, they were meant to be exchanged for goods and services like a loaf of bread, a pint of milk, or a shave. They could be used as part of a home delivery system, an advance payment system, or a customer loyalty program.
This merchant token was worth 10 cents in merchandise at R.B. Hamilton's. Born in 1864, Robert Benjamin Hamilton ran a general store that expanded, curiously, into an undertaking service in the early 1900s. Talk about one-stop shopping!
Merchant tokens were popular across Canada from the 1890s to the Second World War, when advancements in technology and transportation largely made them obsolete. Coming in a variety of shapes and sizes, they were meant to be exchanged for goods and services like a loaf of bread, a pint of milk, or a shave. They could be used as part of a home delivery system, an advance payment system, or a customer loyalty program.
This merchant token was worth 10 cents in merchandise at R.B. Hamilton's. Born in 1864, Robert Benjamin Hamilton ran a general store that expanded, curiously, into an undertaking service in the early 1900s. Talk about one-stop shopping!
