Western Lady Of The Evening Agnella Token

BROTHEL TOKEN, exact copy from a well-known collection of brothel tokens. The token is brass with hand antiqued finish and raised letters. The token measures 1 1/2 inches round and is thicker than the cat house tokens. This one has Agnella on the front and address "2 Rue de Londres Paris" on the back. Prostitutes were so numerous on the frontier that they are believed to have made up twenty percent of the female population of California in 1850.  They usually out numbered “respectable” women twenty-five to one.