WWII Era Pouch with Ration Stamps and Coins

Object/Artifact

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Windham Textile and History Museum

Name/Title

WWII Era Pouch with Ration Stamps and Coins

Entry/Object ID

2024.63.6

Description

A black cloth pouch, possibly homemade, with three unused blue ration stamps and three celluloid one red point coins. The stamps likely fell out of their book and were saved, though some retailers did not accept stamps that they didn't tear out themselves because of the prevalence of black market stamps. The coins were issued to retailers to use as change for stamp transactions.

Collection

General Collection

Made/Created

Date made

1942

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Coupon, Ration

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Coupon

Nomenclature Class

Exchange Media

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Location

Location

* Untyped Location

Archives U1-B-5

Category

Permanent

Date

November 24, 2024

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Belonged to donor's great-grandparents and grandmother

Acquisition Method

Donation

Acquisition Date

Oct 19, 2024

Created By

Kearney, Quinlan

Create Date

November 24, 2024

Updated By

Kearney, Quinlan

Update Date

November 24, 2024