Missouri Five Mill Sales Tax Token

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Description (Brief):

The Scovill Manufacturing Company of Waterbury, Connecticut produced this sales tax token around 1935. The Scovill Company was established in 1802 as a button manufacturer and is still in business today. Scovill was an early industrial American innovator, adapting armory manufacturing processes to mass-produce a variety of consumer goods including buttons, daguerreotype mats, medals, coins, and tokens. This token was used when the sales tax was less than a cent. There is a hole in the center of the token.

Description (Brief)

Obverse: Image of the state of Missouri. The legend reads: MISSOURI SALES TAX RECEIPT/ 5/ 5.

Date Made: ca 1935

Maker: Scovill Manufacturing Company

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: Connecticut, Waterbury

See more items in: Work and Industry: Production and Manufacturing, Industry & Manufacturing, Scovill Manufacturing Collection, Coins, Currency and Medals

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Credit Line: Scovill, Inc.

Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1981.0296.1551Accession Number: 1981.0296Catalog Number: 1981.0296.1551

Object Name: token

Physical Description: silver (overall material)Measurements: overall: 3.3 cm; 1 5/16 in

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-0d73-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_1382573

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