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DeepTech

Missouri tax tokens from WWII

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hatpin

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I took walk up a creek that I havent hunted much with my Vaquero . I found a high flat spot and thats where dwellings usually are located . Looking around I found a couple of bricks , so I started hunting . Lots of nails so there was definitely something there . Using the stock coil I listened closely to the signals and would dig anything that didnt sound like a nail . I got two horseshoes , shotgun shells , a compact , three Missouri tax tokens worth 7 tenths of a cent and another Miraculous Mary pendant . I found another just like it about a month ago .

 
Looks like you had a fun time. I've found a few Missouri tax tokens here in Kansas but they apparently don't like our soil. The ones I've found are always corroded really bad.
 
kansa54 said:
Looks like you had a fun time. I've found a few Missouri tax tokens here in Kansas but they apparently don't like our soil. The ones I've found are always corroded really bad.
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They corrode fast . These are in better condition than they usually are .

Did Kansas have tax tokens ?
 
hatpin said:
kansa54 said:
Looks like you had a fun time. I've found a few Missouri tax tokens here in Kansas but they apparently don't like our soil. The ones I've found are always corroded really bad.
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They corrode fast . These are in better condition than they usually are .

Did Kansas have tax tokens ?
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Yep, they don't like Kansas soil, either.
 
hatpin said:
kansa54 said:
Looks like you had a fun time. I've found a few Missouri tax tokens here in Kansas but they apparently don't like our soil. The ones I've found are always corroded really bad.
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They corrode fast . These are in better condition than they usually are .

Did Kansas have tax tokens ?
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Yes they did and they don't hold up real well either. Seems like every old farmstead produces one or two. Surprised you haven't found any.
 
you have some good finds agin
 
kansa54 said:
hatpin said:
kansa54 said:
Yes they did and they don't hold up real well either. Seems like every old farmstead produces one or two. Surprised you haven't found any.
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Well , I live on the Mississippi , thats a long way from Kansas but I have never found any state tokens except for Missouri . Not even Illinois which is only a mile away .
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Tax tokens were used by 12 states for a limited time.
The twelve states that issued these sales tax tokens were Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Washington.

I have found them from 4 states so far...
Ala. Missouri, Mississippi and Kansas.
I bet it would not be easy to dig up one from every state that made them even in a lifetime.

The Mississippi one is my favorite because they made theirs out of brass.
 
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