Milk Tokens

Object detail

Accession number

2013.562

Description

Six green plastic milk tokens. Square with a triangular hole in the centre. "MILK / TOK" in raised lettering on one side, and "AKD / 1 6 6" on the other.

Brief History

Home delivery of milk was common throughout New Zealand until the mid 1990s. Milk tokens were pre-purchased and left in the bottom of empty glass milk bottles at the gate or letterbox, to be exchanged for full bottles by the milkman.

Marks

MILK / TOK Embossed
AKD / 1 6 6 Embossed

Media/Materials

Processed Material/Synthetic/Plastic

Credit Line

Milk Tokens, 2013.562. The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).

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Classification

Token Communication Artefacts Exchange Media

Production place

Auckland New Zealand

Collection type

Primary Industries Industrial Heritage Technology

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