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10 cent - Business Enterprise Program California
1984 year| Brass | 1.88 g | 16.51 mm |
| Location | United States |
|---|---|
| Period | Federal republic (1776-date) |
| Type | Trade tokens › Business tokens |
| Year | 1984 |
| Value | 10 Cents (0.10) |
| Composition | Brass |
| Weight | 1.88 g |
| Diameter | 16.51 mm |
| Thickness | 1.22 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | Milled |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#316502 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 94% |
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BUSINESS ENTERPRISE PROGRAM
CALIF
10 ¢
1984
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San Francisco, California (San Francisco County), U.S.A.Used by U.S. Mint employees in vending machines within the mint.
Business Enterprise Program is a nation way program inside the state correctional (prison) system. Inmates learn a skill/trade while some company gets some very affordable labor. At some facilities inmates where paid in tokens with could be used in the inmate commissary. There is also a 1985 version of this token. California Correctional Industries is headquartered in Folsom (Sacramento County).
