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Message:: [QUOTE="Ed23, post: 2045565, member: 32117"]The one you show was used on base exchanges, AKA PX. But refund tokens were used in regular grocery stores as well. I remember getting them when I'd bring back anywhere from a few bottles to a case of empty soda bottles in the late 60s to early 70s. The tokens cold only be spent at the grocery store that issued them and could not be exchanged for cash. The reason for issuing tokens was to cut down on small change being given out and the numerous opening of cash registers. People often collected bottles up and down the roads and would take them to any place that would exchange the empties for cash. They paid 2 cents each for returned empties and thee were numerous places one could get them exchanged besides grocery stores; for example gas stations and really anywhere they sold drinks. Some people would finance trips by collecting bottles as they needed gas, and since gas was only 25c to 35c a gallon at that time, it's easy to see how getting 2c per bottle could add up. Of course thievery blossomed and all good things come to an end when some idiots begin to exploit the system.[/QUOTE]