My first token

MAD Mitch · Oct 16, 2021

Hey guys, After lunch I went out detecting in the yard. We had a cold front move thru here last night and it was a nice day to be out. Along with the usual nails and various metal pieces I found two wheats, a ‘41 and what I believe is an ‘11 (I’ve misplaced my loupe so I’m not sure yet). On my last dig I found what I first thought was one of those Chinese coins with the square hole. But it was made of aluminum and I thought it was some kind of washer so I threw it into the bag.

Later I pulled it out and cleaned it and started noticing it had lettering and was able to make out something about state tax. I did some research and found out it was issued by the MS State Tax Commission for change for amounts less than a penny. This one is 1 mil and was used between ‘36-‘41.

AirmetTango · Oct 16, 2021

Nice job pulling out that tax token! We don’t see many tax tokens here in Ohio (our state didn’t issue metal tax tokens), but I’ve been fortunate to find a Missouri and a Louisiana tax token in a park a little while back. Fun find!

Being aluminum, scrubbing the token with some baking soda using a toothbrush can help clean it up a little more. Or you can use some Loctite Rust Remover Naval Jelly - slather some on and work it into the token for about 5-10 minutes (wear rubber gloves) then thoroughly rinse, and you’ll really be amazed at the outcome!

zeemang · Oct 17, 2021

Congrats, cool find!

MAD Mitch · Oct 17, 2021

Thanks everyone!

AirmetTango: This is the first time I ever seen or heard of tax tokens. Another plus of this hobby is that you get to learn some more history.

I found it in what used to be a bed of ornamental hedges I had cut down earlier this year. The token was heavily pitted I believe from the fertilizer used when they were first planted.

kaufenanger · Oct 17, 2021

Congrats on your first tax token!

MAD Mitch · Oct 18, 2021

kaufenanger said:
Congrats on your first tax token!

Thanks!

I found my first brass buckle yesterday in front of the house about 6 in down. It still had a bit of leather attached to it but disintegrated when I touched it. Not sure of the age but I cannot see where it had a steel prong unless it is so old the steel had rusted completely away. Going by stories I've heard of my father and grandpa using mules to plow with I think this may be off of a harness.

GroundSweeper · Oct 18, 2021

That’s way cool, congrats!

Leave-No-Coins-Behind · Oct 18, 2021

Very nice find! And very interesting purpose that it was used for too.

jbrow · Oct 18, 2021

i love tokens ! Great find , and especially great to find out the era used. ! Thanks for sharing !

MAD Mitch · Oct 19, 2021

JAK said:
Very nice find! And very interesting purpose that it was used for too.

Thanks JAK!

jbrow said:
i love tokens ! Great find , and especially great to find out the era used. ! Thanks for sharing !

Thanks jbrow! I found the years it was used off the Numista website. The 5 mils were made from brass and I would like to find one of those too.

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