USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895 

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USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895
USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895
USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895
USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895

Catalogue information

LastDodo number
6640973
Area
Tokens / Medals
Title
USA Veeder M’fg. Co. Hartford, Connecticut (Oct. 23) 1895
Type
Commercial tokens with no payment value, Guild tokens, Tokens from machines
Publisher
Veeder MFG Co.
Value
Country
Verenigde Staten
Year
1895
Collection / set
Material
Brass, Nickel
Weight
Variety / overstrike
Obverse
The Veeder M’fg. Co. Patented Veeder Oct. 22, 1895 Hartford, Conn. U.S.A.
Reverse
( blank )
Privy mark
Mint mark
Designer
Engraver
Dimensions / Diameter
17.8 mm
Number
Details
Edge: Lines on the edge are a very narrow screw thread, and the two holes in the obverse served as a "screw head" that a special key could fit into to turn the token, and screw it into and out of a threaded hole in a Veeder pump - these were actually used as plugs. In 1895 the mechanical engineer Curtis Veeder (1862-1943) founded the Veeder Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Ct. It made cyclometers that measured the distance traveled by bicycles. The business expanded to include counters for speedometers, machines, production workers, and other purposes. In 1928 the company merged with the Root Company to form Veeder-Root, a firm that remained in business for decades.