THE PEOPLES TEA COMPANY COUPON

[redwine]

THE PEOPLES TEA COMPANY / 1 / COUPON
Uniface
Brass
5.97g
29mm

Possibly American but that is as far as I've got 
Any thoughts?  Many thanks 

[malj1]

I think its British, I found another was sold on UK eBay - some time back as the image has gone - although I managed to find it.

I found another very similar token for The People's Cooperative Society Ltd. Brass 23mm. This is listed in the British Co-op Soc. book but no location given.

This co-op can be seen here. dated to 1897-1901 and formerly Tower Hamlets Industrial Co-operative Society Limited 1882-96

So it seems its a short-lived Society in the London area, or, it changed names once again. ...so more research is needed!

[redwine]

It's the USA v Wigan!

Peoples' Tea Company, tea dealers, 27 Market place - Joseph Ward, manager (UK) Wigan 1881
http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/stuff/townd1881pq.php?opt=townd1881

The People's Tea Company, Lewiston [HQ 210 State Street, Boston] - Lewiston Evening Journal (US) - 24/6/1884

The Peoples' Tea Company, Reading - Reading Eagle (US) 7/12/1892
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1955&dat=18921207&id=yKUhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tZkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4326,4049524

Peoples Tea Company, 1312 Eleventh avenue - 12/4/1900 Page 2 Tyrone Daily Herald (US)
http://www.newspapers.com/newspage/13240503/

The Peoples Tea Company, An Obit from Altoona Mirror, Altoona, Pa., 31/10/1934 (US)
http://boards.ancestrylibrary.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.cumberland/2579/mb.ashx?pnt=1

And there are a couple of mentions of St Louis (US)

NB No mention in Batty's Descriptive Catalogue of the Copper Coinage of GB Parts 24,25,26 Vol II Farthing tokens 1880, well it's not exactly farthing sized 

[malj1]

I still think the design is British rather than American, the Wigan address seems a good bet and there may be other places in the Lancashire area if so.