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<p>[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2934494, member: 10461"]Here are some assorted Depression-era sales tax tokens from US states, in just about any material <i>but</i> copper, silver or gold. There's aluminum, plastic, fiber (cardboard), zinc, and brass here. Times were tough, and most of these were worth only a fraction of a cent (denominations in "mills"), so they used whatever materials were cost-effective.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/140508-01a.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also in the same big <a href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/929914/big-exonumia-bulk-bag-live-cherrypicking-ill-gradually-continue-posting-stuff-as-it-comes-outta/p1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/929914/big-exonumia-bulk-bag-live-cherrypicking-ill-gradually-continue-posting-stuff-as-it-comes-outta/p1" rel="nofollow">exonumia bulk bag</a>, I found these aluminum Mardi Gras doubloons and wooden nickels.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER]- check 'em out. Did you ever get any more stuff like this? I know you liked the 2017 MGD I sent you.</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/141109-02b.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/141109-02c.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>I used to have my own custom wooden nickels and wooden dollars, once upon a time, <a href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-old-antique-mall-coin-booth-repost-of-a-2012-repost-of-a-2007-writeup.297082/" class="internalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-old-antique-mall-coin-booth-repost-of-a-2012-repost-of-a-2007-writeup.297082/">when I was running a little shoestring coin business in an antique mall</a>.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="lordmarcovan, post: 2934494, member: 10461"]Here are some assorted Depression-era sales tax tokens from US states, in just about any material [I]but[/I] copper, silver or gold. There's aluminum, plastic, fiber (cardboard), zinc, and brass here. Times were tough, and most of these were worth only a fraction of a cent (denominations in "mills"), so they used whatever materials were cost-effective. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/140508-01a.jpg[/IMG] Also in the same big [URL='https://forums.collectors.com/discussion/929914/big-exonumia-bulk-bag-live-cherrypicking-ill-gradually-continue-posting-stuff-as-it-comes-outta/p1']exonumia bulk bag[/URL], I found these aluminum Mardi Gras doubloons and wooden nickels. [USER=87186]@LaCointessa[/USER]- check 'em out. Did you ever get any more stuff like this? I know you liked the 2017 MGD I sent you. [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/141109-02b.jpg[/IMG] [IMG]http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k173/lordmarcovan/141109-02c.jpg[/IMG] I used to have my own custom wooden nickels and wooden dollars, once upon a time, [URL='https://www.cointalk.com/threads/my-old-antique-mall-coin-booth-repost-of-a-2012-repost-of-a-2007-writeup.297082/']when I was running a little shoestring coin business in an antique mall[/URL].[/QUOTE]
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