Tokens were used with coupons of the same color to pay for rationed items, and were received as change from coupons when purchasing goods. The red tokens were used for meat, the blue tokens were used for non-meat items.
These cardboard boxes filled with blue and red World War II ration tokens, each with a value of 1 point, were issued by the Office of Price Administration from 1939 until 1945.
Creator: Office of Price Administration
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Dates: 1939–1945
Identifer: accession 1978.73.130, 144
