1935 Token TC-137696 Brass Prima Brewing Co. IA

Coin Details

Description

This 1935 brass token cataloged as TC-137696 was issued by Prima Brewing Company in Iowa. Brewery tokens were issued by hundreds of American breweries for advertising, promotional, and good-for purposes throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The 1935 date places this token just two years after the repeal of Prohibition in December 1933, during the period when American breweries were rapidly rebuilding after thirteen years of enforced shutdown. Iowa's brewing industry, like that of many midwestern states, had deep roots in German immigrant communities. Prima Brewing's token documents the recovery of the American brewing industry and the local pride that accompanied the return of legal beer production. Brewery tokens are one of the most popular categories of trade token collecting.

Rarity Notes

Brass brewery advertising token. TC-137696. Post-Prohibition brewery tokens document industry recovery. Iowa issue is scarce.

Cross References

PCGS #901941; TC-137696; 1935 Prima Brewing Co., IA