Collection Highlights
Brown Brothers, Irving Place, showing east side from Eighteenth Street to Gramercy Park South
Date:
March, 1909
Object Number:
PR.020.19.2
Medium:
Photograph
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Tax tokens
Object Number:
INV.13731a-d
Date:
1935-1941
Medium:
White metal
Dimensions:
Overall: 7/8 in. ( 2.2 cm )
Description:
Tax tokens; white metal with circular hole in center; (a) "CONSUMER'S / TAX / 1 / 1 / CHECK / OKLAHOMA" on both sides; (b-d) obverse "CONSUMER'S / TAX / 1 / 1 / TOKEN / OKLAHOMA" reverse "FOR OLD AGE / 1 / 1 / ASSISTANCE"
Gallery Label:
Starting in 1935, sales tax tokens were made in great quantities in order to give change for sales taxes. When the sales tax included a fraction of a cent, sales tax tokens were given as change to avoid over charging consumers. Twelve states issued coin-like tax tokens, which were made of aluminum, copper, zinc, brass, plastic, fiber, cardboard, and paper.
Credit Line:
Gift of Alexander J. Wall, 1941
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
