Alabama

[Brush Creek]

Tax token

 

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[downindixie]

My father said that there were so many of these tokens that they would put a regular nail thru the hole and use them to roof houses.I have found many of them while detecting here in Alabama. A lot of them I have found were bend double,I guess some young man did this to impress some girl.

 

[idahotokens]

Not one cent OR one dollar - it was for one mill (a tenth of a cent). Quite a few states instituted sales taxes in the 1930s and did not figure out the bracketing system we have today. So, in order to pay taxes down to 1/10¢, they had to be able to make change to that level. Millions of sales tax tokens were put into circulation, many of them going with travelers from the state of origin to other states. As soon as the token crossed the state line, it was worthless, so many of them ended up in the ground, desk drawers, on chickenhouse roofs holding shingles down, etc.
John in ID

 

[Recruiter]

I found a New Mexico Emergancy School Tax token (marked 5 cents) in Oklahoma. I am not able to get a good picture to post, but find it very interesting since is part of our history.