Classification	Token Coin
Collection	Roque Brothers Store Collections (Emitte Roque Merchandise)
Photographer	Rodney Meziere, Jason Church
Date of photo	2010
Description	Emitte Roque merchandise, 50 cent token, used to purchase goods at Roque Merchandise. The token is octagon shaped with inscription "Emitte Roque, Natchez, Louisiana" and "Good For 50 in Merchandise". The token is a combination of several metals to include zinc, and aluminum with oxidized rust forming on surface.
Year Range from	1880
Year range to	1930
Object ID	1455
Object Name	Token, 50 cent
People	Emitte Roque Roque Brothers Store
Place	NCPTT
Provenance	Tokens or trade coins were tender for the purchase of goods, redeemable only at the store minted on the token. These coins were known in the Cane River area as "White Horse" or "Scrip". These tokens extended credit to employees usually the tenant farmer or sharecropper which labored the Roque farm. The inscribe token was redeemable only at the particular business on the coin. Tokens were used from the late 1880s until the 1930s.
Subjects	Token Coin Merchandise
Title	Token - 50 cent, Roque Store

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Last modified on: May 19, 2010