Token - Vesta Batteries (Flipper) ND

Reverse

Pig rear facing with curly tail. Lettering around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
WITHOUT VESTA BATTERIES
* YOU LOSE *

Edge

Plain

Comment

This is an Australian item that was also used in New Zealand.  Catalogued in Australian and New Zealand Token catalogues.

There was a production plant in Australia

http://tokencatalog.com/token_record_forms.php?action=DisplayTokenRecord&td_id=309211&inventory_id=277230&attribution_id=315438

 The batteries referred to are not domestic batteries but automotive.
Made around 1910, and the token was used for flipping or coin toss, as in heads or tails, or win or lose.