Token

Museum number:
2-68289b
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.4017
Description:
Token, cardboard, round, red, inscribed "OPA 1 Red Point" on both sides. Diameter: 1.5 cm. Tokens were for rationing scarce consumer goods (red for meat items, blue for non-meat items) during World War II by OPA (Office of Price Administration).
Donor:
Henry T. Conserva
Collection place:
United States
Culture or time period:
United States Historic
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Rationing tokens
Function:
7.5 Issued Currency and Associated Containers
Department:
Nonnative US and Canada (except California)
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Token, accession number 2-68289b, described as Token, cardboard, round, red, inscribed "OPA 1 Red Point" on both sides. Diameter: 1.5 cm. Tokens were for rationing scarce consumer goods (red for meat items, blue for non-meat items) during World War II by OPA (Office of Price Administration).

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