Theses are from WWII, 1944-1945. They were given back in trade when items were rationed for the war effort. They had red and blue points. Red was used for meats and fats while the blue was for canned goods. You would use your ration coupons and these were used to make the trade more equal in price. Both sides are the same, completely identical. They are only almost the size of a dime and are made of a paper resin. Only 1 point is on the tokens. There are 2 letters on each side of the 1. It is unknown what these letters are for but some of them are considered quite rare. I have 56 of these tokens and I have 25 different letters on the tokens.
They we’d used in the USA. A number of items were rationed. You needed a ration coupon to buy them. You couldn’t buy hamburger meat without a ration coupon. These Tokens were given out to make change for your purchase and the coupon value.
Steve Hayden had an original, undistributed box of red tokens, at the recent FUN show. It had government instructions on for their use on it. I don’t think it sold. Many years ago I found a large number of red ones and a few blue ones in an old family trunk.
If you are going to sell them on-line as single pieces, you have to charge something like that to make it worth your time. I am surprised it isn't more. As a dealer told me years ago, the lower the value of the item, the higher the percentage mark-up. Therefore a coin for which the dealer pays a quarter will sell for a dollar to make it worth his while.
Leave it to Steve to have something like that. He always comes up with some special pieces. I bought many tokens from him over the years. Bruce
