List: Those of you old enough to remember mils -- (for the rest, they were plastic chips issued to pay the various 1/10 cent taxes of goods) Two of us have been discussing privately and here's the question(s) What denomination were: Reds Greens and were there any other colors? Thanks Gary Stoltman Mercerville, NJ

My grandfather had a coin collection (I don't know who has it now). He had quite a few mils made of white cardboard weight paper with the value printed on them. He also had a few metal mils. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 1:44 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] Mils > List: > > Those of you old enough to remember mils -- (for the rest, they were plastic chips issued to pay the various 1/10 cent taxes of goods) > > Two of us have been discussing privately and here's the question(s) > > What denomination were: > Reds > Greens > > and > > were there any other colors? > > Thanks > > Gary Stoltman > Mercerville, NJ > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO > >

I think red was .001 and green .005. My question is, "What were the colors of the two values of the paper mills that preceded the zinc ones?" Bob Doerr in the beautiful Missouri Ozarks Please see http://www.rollanet.org/~bdoerr/contents.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] Mils > List: > > Those of you old enough to remember mils -- (for the rest, they were plastic chips issued to pay the various 1/10 cent taxes of goods) > > Two of us have been discussing privately and here's the question(s) > > What denomination were: > Reds > Greens > > and > > were there any other colors? > > Thanks > > Gary Stoltman > Mercerville, NJ > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO > >

Thought this had been covered but.........Red was 1/10 cents and green, 5/10. There were zinc with a hole in the center and one without but not sure of their value. As a young lad, was not really sure why I had to pay a red token for the 10 cent comic book but was told that was for the Guvnner. Was not really sure who that might be and why I had to pay him to get my Superman comic. Then I started to look around any cash register for them for those others had left behind. Could usually find a bunch. When I tried to get another comic book, was told they were not really money and only could use them when I had real money. Sometimes they relented and let me have one for 11 reds. Bill Houdek bhoudek@swbell.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Stoltman" <stopan@optonline.net> To: <MO-STLOUIS-METRO-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, October 10, 2003 12:44 PM Subject: [StL-Metro] Mils > List: > > Those of you old enough to remember mils -- (for the rest, they were plastic chips issued to pay the various 1/10 cent taxes of goods) > > Two of us have been discussing privately and here's the question(s) > > What denomination were: > Reds > Greens > > and > > were there any other colors? > > Thanks > > Gary Stoltman > Mercerville, NJ > > > ==== MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List ==== > Search the Archive of Messages for MO-STLOUIS-METRO Mailing List at http://listsearches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl?list=MO-STLOUIS-METRO >