Northampton Co-op milk tokens

A group of three, orange coloured, circular tokens, injection moulded in polystyrene (PS) with 1 pint milk moulded into the top face. Issued by the Northampton Co-operative Society Ltd, Dairy Dept, a token would be purchased in the local Co-op shop to be exchanged at a later date in-store or left on the door step at home, to be collected when the milk was delivered the next morning. The tokens allowed each society to calculate demand and delivery requirements from their customers and the milk men no longer had to handle money. Plastics tokens were in use post WWI, these examples likely date circa 1950s-1960s.

moulded: "1 Pint Milk" (obverse)

moulded: "Northampton Co-operative Soc. Ltd. Dairy Dept" (reverse)

AIBDC : 009289