Found a 1935 New Mexico Emergency Tax Token

[zerocd]

I think it was in a roll of pennies although it's the size of a 1 cent Euro coin.

I was shocked when I took a close look today.

Mine is in better shape although there is a bright new light scrape mark.




http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_a_1935_new_mexico_bureau_of_revenue_1_mill_tax_token_worth

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[AGgressive Metal]

I find tax tokens all the time in junk boxes - its a cool piece of history and how people paid sales tax back before credit cards and computers. If you paid, say, 11 cents on a 10 cent item with a 5% sales tax rounded up, you got 5 mils back in tax tokens, which you could redeem for currency once you got a certain amount. At least that is my understanding.

[cesariojpn]

http://taxtoken.org/

[NotABigDeal]

I've came across a few myself. Pretty cool find.

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