Ration Tokens

Object/Artifact

-

Sidney Museum and Archives

Name/Title

Ration Tokens

Entry/Object ID

2009.022.001

Description

235 Blue Canadian meat ration tokens in non-original two part green and white cardboard box. a) Blue pressed cardboard meat ration tokens with hole in centre. Both sides of each token have “CANADA/MEAT” stamped into token across top and “VIANDE/RATION” across bottom with maple leaf on each side. b) Bottom part of box originally white, now yellowed. Dark grey ink stamp on bottom of box in long rectangle says “INSPECTED/BY” on left, and “5J??3 45” (?? – appears to have been two numbers which are too faint to read). bottom is in poor shape. c) Friction fit lid. Printed with green and white “zebra stripe” or “wood bark” pattern, and has a thumb cut-out each side of lid.

Acquisition

Source (if not Accessioned)

Pearson, Dorothy and Ron

Notes

Accession Date: 22-Jul-09 Mode of Acquisition: Gift

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Token

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

ration token

Created By

Brunckhurst, Elise

Create Date

July 17, 2014

Updated By

[email protected]

Update Date

June 16, 2026