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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cwtokenman, post: 47178, member: 2100&quot;]Certainly an interesting error, but unfortunately, most errors do not add any significant value to tokens in general. IMO, errors are much more common on tokens than regular coinage as well. Since you have been collecting tax tokens for a while, do you have any (good) reference books on the subject? If not, I would recommend &quot;United States Sales Tax Tokens and Stamps: A History and Catalog&quot; by Merlin K. Malehorn and Tim Davenport, 1993 (hardback, 390 pages). I have several other smaller softback books on the subject, but this one is by far the best of what I have seen. </p><p><br /></p><p>Your token id in the above mentioned book is Arizona S2, rarity R-1 (over 5,000 known). There are at least 13 die varieties just on the obverse, in addition to strike variantions of thick letters + rounded numeral vs. thin letters + flat numeral on the reverse.</p><p><br /></p><p>The only book I have with a value is a rather outdated one. &quot;U.S. State-Issued Sales Tax Tokens&quot; by Jerry F. Schimmel, 1980. In this book, the id number is AZ--5. Value in VF thru AU is at .25, Unc is at .75.</p><p><br /></p><p>If you do not have the recommended book, I can relate some interesting history about Arizona tax tokens if you would like. If you wish to sell yours before the price goes down, do so before the year 2012, when many more of these tokens are to be released from storage (in commemoration of the centenary of statehood) by a Gordon L. Jones, who in May, 1965 bought Arizona&#039;s remaining stockpile of 5.6 TONS of tokens (for $2,300). There is more to the story.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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