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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Mr. Numismatist, post: 24797144, member: 142588&quot;]These are picker&#039;s tokens that were made specifically for strawberries. From about 1890 to 1955 The southwest corner of Missouri was a massive strawberry producing center. Thousands of boxcars of berries were shipped all over the U.S. and even to Canada. These tokens were made to pay the traveling workers that came from that corner of the state, Kansas, Arkansas and elsewhere. The typical denominations the tokens come in are: 1 quart, 4 quart, 1 tray, 1 crate and even 5 and 10 crates. </p><p>6 qt. = 1 tray, 24 qt. = 4 trays = 1 crate. </p><p>There are picker tokens for other states, but I haven&#039;t researched them yet.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s a list of all the Missouri strawberry tokens I&#039;ve cataloged so far:</p><p><br /></p><p>MO-1&nbsp;&nbsp; Butterfield, Star Store 1 qt.</p><p>MO-2&nbsp;&nbsp; Butterfield, Star Store 6 qt.</p><p>MO-3&nbsp;&nbsp; Butterfield, Star Store 1 crate</p><p>MO-4&nbsp;&nbsp; Butterfield, W. B. Ray 6 qt.</p><p>MO-5&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthage, 1 qt. (short bank name)</p><p>MO-6&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthage, 1 qt. (long bank name)</p><p>MO-7&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthage, 1 tray (large leaves)</p><p>MO-8&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthage, 1 tray (small leaves, small denticles)</p><p>MO-9&nbsp;&nbsp; Carthage, 1 tray (small leaves, large denticles)</p><p>MO-10 Carthage, 1 tray (pointed berry)</p><p>MO-11 Carthage, 1 crate</p><p>MO-12 Duenweg, 1 qt. (far S, unaligned T)</p><p>MO-13 Duenweg, 1 qt. (far S, aligned T)</p><p>MO-14 Duenweg, 1 qt. (close S, unaligned T)</p><p>MO-15 Duenweg, 1 tray (far MO)</p><p>MO-16 Duenweg, 1 tray (close MO)</p><p>MO-17 Duenweg, 1 crate</p><p>MO-18 Joplin, 1 qt.</p><p>MO-19 Joplin, 1 tray</p><p>MO-20 Joplin, 1 crate</p><p>MO-21 Mt. Vernon, 1 qt.</p><p>MO-22 Mt. Vernon, 4 qt.</p><p>MO-23 Mt. Vernon, 6 qt.</p><p>MO-24 Mt. Vernon, 1 crate</p><p>MO-25 Peirce City, National Bank 1 tray (square)</p><p>MO-26 Peirce City, National Bank 1 tray (diamond)</p><p>MO-27 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 4 qt. (no R, arrows)</p><p>MO-28 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 4 qt. (no R, star)</p><p>MO-29 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 4 qt. (R, arrows, K on left)</p><p>MO-30 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 4 qt. (R, arrows, K on right)</p><p>MO-31 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 4 qt. (R, star)</p><p>MO-32 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 6 qt. (no R, close SIX)</p><p>MO-33 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 6 qt. (no R, wide SIX)</p><p>MO-34 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 6 qt. (R, close SIX)</p><p>MO-35 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 6 qt. (R, wide SIX)</p><p>MO-36 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 1 crate</p><p>MO-37 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 5 crate</p><p>MO-38 Peirce City, W. W. Locke 10 crate</p><p>MO-39 Republic, 1 box</p><p>MO-40 Republic, 2 boxes</p><p>MO-41 Republic, 4 boxes (beaded border)</p><p>MO-42 Republic, 4 boxes (plain border)</p><p>MO-43 Republic, 24 boxes</p><p>MO-44 Sarcoxie, 1 qt. (leaves &amp; diamonds)</p><p>MO-45 Sarcoxie, 1 qt. (cross &amp; diamonds)</p><p>MO-46 Sarcoxie, 1 qt. (cross &amp; stars)</p><p>MO-47 Sarcoxie, 1 tray (leaves &amp; diamonds)</p><p>MO-48 Sarcoxie, 1 tray (cross &amp; diamonds)</p><p>MO-49 Sarcoxie, 6 qt.</p><p>MO-50 Sarcoxie 1 crate</p><p>MO-51 Stotts City, 1 qt.</p><p>MO-52 Stotts City, 1 tray</p><p>MO-53 Stotts City, 1 crate</p><p>MO-54 U. of M. 1 qt.</p><p>MO-55 U. of M. 1 tray</p><p>MO-56 Webb City, 1 qt.</p><p>MO-57 Webb City, 1 tray</p><p>MO-58 Webb City, 1 crate</p><p>MO-59 Wentworth, 1 tray (denticled border)</p><p>MO-60 Wentworth, 1 tray (beaded border)[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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