Western Denver Colorado Cat House Brothel Token

TOKEN, a 1 1/2 inch round token. The token is brass with an antiqued finish and one side has  "Silver Dollar Hotel Denver, Colo" and "Good for One Screw Madame Ruth Jacobs Prop." in raised lettering. The other side has "All Night $3 Check". Thought of as a necessary evil by the ladies of virtue and coined "shady ladies". Prostitution was a known and tolerated institution by more than the men.