QUERY: KENTUCKY HORSESHOE TOKEN INFORMATION SOUGHT

One of my granddaughters found the attached token laying in the dirt at our home here in Blairsville, Georgia. The token seems to be copper or bronze and is thinner than a one-cent piece. It is not magnetic.

The city is Erlanger, which I assume is Kentucky. I could not find any other city in the U.S. by that name. The business name is; Jungle Inn. I could not find a motel by that name. Since it is in the shape of a horseshoe, I assume the business was a motel near the horse park in Erlanger, Ky. This is one of the locations where Pete Rose did a lot of his betting.

The token is valued at five cents in trade. The shape of the five and the value of five cents leads me to believe the token dates from before the 1960s. Any help with information would be greatly appreciated.

Now for the real mystery. How did this token get from just south of Cincinnati, Ohio to seventy-five miles north of Atlanta, Georgia? Who lost it and when?

Wayne Homren, Editor

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