Coincidence! I have one of the blue ones that is in a group of tokens I'm tasked with learning more about this week. http://www.fantasticprices.com/token/opa.html OPA stands for Office of Price Administration First issued in 1942 Stopped being issued in 1945 Used to ration retail items during the end of WWII. The items rationed included canned goods, meats, sugar, coffee, tires, gas and more. Nobody has found a true reason for the letters on the OPA's. Theories include, they are random; demographics; and prevention of counterfitting. Red letter combinations known. HC, HT, MV, MM, TH, TY, UC, UH, UT, UV, UX, UY, VC, VH, VT, VU, VX, VY, XC, XH, XT, XU, XV, XY, YC, YH, YT, YU, YV, YX. Blue letter combinations known. CC, CH, CT, CV, CX, HH, HU, HV, HX, HY, TC, TT, TU, TV, TX, UU, VV, WC, WH, WT, WU, WW, XX, YY The rarest is the red MV. The next rarest are the red MM and the blue WW, WC, WH. Then blue WU, HX and red YC, XC. The rest are fairly easy to find. Reds are a lot more common than blues.
Hey ctrl, Many thanks for that great information that you posted.Ya gotta love "coin talk". I'm sure that many viewers enjoyed learning some facts about OPA tokens. I know I did.....Bone Head. Share the knowledge.
To anyone following this thread-- I have given these tokens to an interested collector,so they are no longer available. Congrats to the recipient.-------Happy Hunting. Bone Head
