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Retailers Occupation Sales Tax Token, one and a half. Issued by Department of Finance. Measures 1.5cm square. Sales tax tokens were fractional cent devices used to pay sales tax on very small purchases in many American states during the years of the Great Depression. Generally regarded as a nuisance by customers, they were replaced quickly by the bracket system of sales tax. By the end of the 1930’s token use was eliminated. Issued in a variety of materials: cardboard, brass, bronze, aluminium, pressed cotton fibre and plastic, mintages were high, but as these little tokens approach 90 years old, they have become collectable