This Hotel de Paris key tag is known as a “fantasy token” and seems to have been offered as a keepsake souvenir or for collectors of bawdy house and brothel tokens.
Front of token reads “From HOTEL DE PARIS,” “GOOD FOR 24 HOURS”, “LOUIS DUPUY”, & “GEORGETOWN, COLO.” In very small writing, near the hole of the token, reads “COLO. MINTING CO. 1894”.
The back of the token reads “WINE, WOMEN AND SONG”, “FIRST CLASS”, “ONE HIGH CLASS LAY”, & “MADAME SOPHIE’S MOTTO SATISFACTION GUARANTEED”.
It is cast or struck metal, weighty, oblong, squared off at one end, and rounded at the other. Ornamental motifs include banners, ribbons, & four-petal flowers.
Measures approximately 3.1 inches long by 1.4 inches wide.
Weighs approximately 46.39 grams.
