Sun Cured Tin Pin :
Andrew - The time period is interesting (100 years old). A quick internet search yielded this info about your piece and also another picture that is a bit cleaner... Perhaps this piece is not Red Sun, but maybe this tobacco company is affiliated or the genesis of the Red Sun Tobacco packs. (A place to start snooping)
1900s Sun Cured Lithograph Tin Tobacco Tag Antique Metal Collectible, F.M. Bohannon's Winston North Carolina, Sunrise, Sunset, red yellow blackDescription
Here we have an awesome lithographed Sun Cured brand tin tobacco tag manufactured by F.M. Bohannan's of Winston Salem, North Carolina. It shows a bit of wear after 100 years, but that makes it even more appealing!
Tobacco manufacturers made thousands of different kinds of these tags around the turn of the century to brand their products. They went into plugs of pressed chewing tobacco and they were traded for premiums, much like S&H green stamps in the 1950s. These are highly collectible and fun to use for little shrines or for pendant making!Dimensions: about 1-1/4" in diameter
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