2 Mills - Retail Sales Tax Token Colorado

2 Mills - Retail Sales Tax Token (Colorado) - obverse2 Mills - Retail Sales Tax Token (Colorado) - reverse

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Features

Location United States
Issuing entity State of Colorado
Period Federal republic (1776-date)
Type Trade tokens › Taxation token
Years 1938-1941
Value 2 Mills (0.002 USD)
Currency Dollar (1785-date)
Composition Aluminium
Weight 1.2 g
Diameter 23 mm
Thickness 1.25 mm
Shape Round with cutouts (Greek cross cut out)
Technique Milled
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized 1 March 1945
Number
N#
26101
References US Tax# CO-S2,
Merlin K. Malehorn, Tim Davenport; 1993. United States Sales Tax Tokens and Stamps : A History and Catalog. Jade House Publications, Bryantown, Maryland, United States.
TC# 89062
TokenCatalog.com (http://tokencatalog.com)

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COLORADO
RETAIL
2 2
TOKEN
SALES TAX

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
COLORADO
RETAIL
2 2
TOKEN
SALES TAX

Edge

Plain

Comments

Manufacturer: Colorado State Penitentiary

Cross center hole varies from 5.0 to 6.0mm in diameter.

A total of four die varieties exist, which can be distinguished by the distance of the "L" in RETAIL from the outer center ring (touching, 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6mm) and the alignment of the stem of the L and the stem of the D in COLORADO.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC Frequency
ND (1938-1941)  $ 0.27 $ 0.64 $ 0.64 94% CO-S2A
ND (1938-1941)  1.9% CO-S2B
ND (1938-1941)  7% CO-S2C
ND (1938-1941)  2% CO-S2D

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