Hat Check Tokens & Straps for the Lodi Opera House, by J.C. Irvine ~ 1890 $115, plus shipping Set of deep stamped brass coat or hat tokens from the Lodi Opera House, Lodi, California. I've also heard these were used for those with horses, but coat or hat seems more like it. Upon arrival and surrending your attire, you were issued one of these tags, the other affixed to your belongings. Additionally and liberally marked with the early J.C. Irvine, San Francisco maker mark.