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7 cent milk token

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Goes4ever

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found this today at the house I dug my franklin half dollar, I have never saw a 7 cent token before. Anyone have any info about it? It is just a tad smaller than a quarter
 
That looks like a brilliant find, Goes4ever, well done! Because I dont live in your country, I have no idea how old it would be etc., but I guess you could date it back to when milk cost 7c per pint, or per gallon?
 
That is certianly a new one on me. Good shape too.
 
I am not finding any real info on this yet. Hope somebody knows something. I love to hear the history of finds!
 
And may be rare as never heard of one..As far as age if its 7 cents off its one thing but if 7 cents will buy a quart of milk you have an old token..Gee I think it was more than that when I was a youngster in the 40's...
 
General price of milk in 1900 was 7 cents..So one would assume you have a token over a hundred years old..
 
a quick Google search found this...Bard Mfg. Co. founded in 1914 in Bryan Ohio. They now specialize in heating and air conditioning units but who knows what they did back in 1914.
 
Hart-IN said:
a quick Google search found this...Bard Mfg. Co. founded in 1914 in Bryan Ohio. They now specialize in heating and air conditioning units but who knows what they did back in 1914.
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yes I found that as well, but nothing I could find pertained to milk or this token.........
 
bard mfg company indicates they actually made a durable product and milk was not there primary business. Milk is processed not manufactured. alot of times a large company would have workers that were paid in company script and given tokens to use at the company store. A percent to there pay would be in regular us currency. This was done so the company could gouge the workers even more. A milk token could have been used as a incentive to workers. I know this was common practice in the south as my grandparents worked at a cotton mill processing cotton into yarn and they were paid like this and the tokens were accumilated for overtime and other company perks.
 
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