Utah Sales Tax Token
Historical
Identifier:
2014.39.61942 – 1951
Description
Utah 5 Sales Tax Emergency Relief Fund Token. Grey/silver in color. Star shaped hole in middle. "In June of 1942, the burgeoning demands of World War II brought about an acute condition on the homefront. Aluminum was a scarce war material and Utah could not replenish its supply of tax tokens with that metal. The answer was a newfangled chemical composition called plastic. Utah ordered three denominations of plastic tokens in colors: (green 1-mill, gray 2-mill and orange 5-mill) from Ingeversen Mfgr. Co. of Denver. They were all the same size, slightly smaller than a quarter."Utah History To Go Website - A Token Effect;http://historytogo.utah.gov/salt_lake_tribune/in_another_time/102394.html