Token - Milk Token (ES 5) ND
| Plastic (Red) | 1.52 g | 29.91 mm |
| Location | South Africa |
|---|---|
| Type | Business tokens › Milk tokens |
| Composition | Plastic (Red) |
| Weight | 1.52 g |
| Diameter | 29.91 mm |
| Thickness | 3.06 mm |
| Shape | Round with a round hole |
| Updated | 2024-11-14 |
| Numista | N#320194 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Raised rim around inner and outer surface. Blank field.
Edge
Plain
Comment
This plastic token was used in Queenstown (now Komani) South Africa in the early to mid 1980s.Milk customers bought the tokens at a shop in town. They were supplied in groups on a black plastic stick. The tokens were dropped into empty glass milk bottles that were left outside the front door of homes. Early every morning dairy employees in a small electric truck would visit each house, take the empty bottles away and leave a number of full bottles equal to the quantity of tokens that had been supplied.
Yellow plastic tokens were used before the red ones. Prior to that, paper vouchers were used.
