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FREE: 1941 to 1945 WWII OPA Ration Token "YX" RED POINT Roosevelt Office Price Administration meat butter

1941 to 1945 WWII OPA Ration Token "YX" RED POINT Roosevelt Office Price Administration meat butter
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The listing, 1941 to 1945 WWII OPA Ration Token "YX" RED POINT Roosevelt Office Price Administration meat butter has ended.

OPA ration tokens were issued to the US public by the FDR federal Office of Price Administration as food consumers beginning in 1941 and then from 1942 until 1945.

Rationing began following the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II in an effort to conserve resources.

Offered is another single RED POINT OPA coin like token with front and reverse shown. This one is particularly interesting as it was embossed off center on each side and error OPA tokens appear to be in greater demand.

The two letter combination on this token is "YX" (I have other combinations of letters if you collect these tokens and are seeking a particular letter combination, please let me know.)

Research indicates there were 30 varieties of these tokens based on two different letter combinations on each side of the number "1" (both sides of the token point are the same), however, printed upside down from each other - as shown here.

This dime sized 16 mm small compressed wood fiber pulp token or celluloid, as metals were in short supply for the war effort, would have been used for meat and butter purchases and exchange for rationing stamps and tokens.

Very readable embossed print In generally decent condition as a World War historic related item.
Questions & Comments
Original
Gin 1500?
Oct 19th, 2014 at 5:17:18 PM PDT by
Original
Thank you for asking and for your GIN suggestion. As I have offered several different letter combinations they typically bring over 2,000 to 4,500 in bidding. Therefore I have not been inclined to use GIN as the Listia fee is 10% of the GIN (so 1500 would yield 1,350 credits). Sorry.
Oct 19th, 2014 at 6:38:08 PM PDT by
Original
thank you for listing this piece of history. i have bid more than the 4500 that you are expecting to get and i hope to win this for my 18 year old son who is serving in the army currently. most of his heroes have come from ww2 and i hope to send it to him before he is deployed to kuwait. he is going to love this!
Oct 22nd, 2014 at 6:15:49 PM PDT by
Original
Thank you for your interest. Wishing you and your son well. My son-in-law has been deployed twice so appreciate and understand the connection.
Oct 23rd, 2014 at 7:03:00 PM PDT by
Original
Is it just me or does this looks orange?
Oct 26th, 2014 at 1:17:36 AM PDT by
Original
Looks orange due to digital camera lighting, however, it is red.
Oct 26th, 2014 at 11:24:25 AM PDT by
Original
Bright light flash tends to highlight the orange spectrum of the red
Oct 26th, 2014 at 10:11:07 AM PDT by

1941 to 1945 WWII OPA Ration Token "YX" RED POINT Roosevelt Office Price Administration meat butter is in the Antiques category