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FREE: 1935 to 1945 WW II era Vintage COLORADO SALES TAX TOKEN coin 2 mill RED Plastic

1935 to 1945 WW II era Vintage COLORADO SALES TAX TOKEN coin 2 mill RED Plastic
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The listing, 1935 to 1945 WW II era Vintage COLORADO SALES TAX TOKEN coin 2 mill RED Plastic has ended.

Offered is an original 7/8" World War II era sales tax token of 2 mills. This one is made of hard red plastic with very clear readable embossed letters and numbers.

The front obverse and reverse are the same.

This red coin type numbered 2 sales tax token was used as change during transactions in Colorado. Colorado had a 2 percent sales tax from 1935 until 1945.

These 2 mill tokens were used when tax was less than a penny.

The tokens were typically issued in aluminum or plastic.

It has two concentric circles in the middle and reads COLORADO SALES TAX TOKEN on each side with the number 2 at the center within the two concentric circles.
Questions & Comments
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We used the RED ones = 2 mills & GREEN ones = 5 mills on the St. Louis street car lines.
Oct 3rd, 2013 at 5:05:46 PM PDT by
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Interesting. Thanks for sharing as always great knowing history and use as provenance of these historical items.
Oct 3rd, 2013 at 6:26:32 PM PDT by

1935 to 1945 WW II era Vintage COLORADO SALES TAX TOKEN coin 2 mill RED Plastic is in the Antiques category