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5 Mills - Emergency School Tax Token 'Error', New Mexico
| Location | United States |
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| Year | 1935 |
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| Composition | Copper |
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| Obverse description | Central device depicts the New Mexico state coat of arms: a Mexican eagle perched on a cactus, grasping a serpent in its beak, protected by a larger American bald eagle with outspread wings and arrows in its talons. A scroll below bears the state motto CRESCIT EUNDO. The circular legend reads NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF REVENUE with the date 1935 at the base. Notably, the entire design is inverted, struck upside-down as an error. |
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| Obverse lettering | NEW MEXICO BUREAU OF REVENUE CRESCIT EUNDO · 1935 · (Translation: It grows as it goes.) |
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| Reverse lettering | EMERGENCY SCHOOL TAX ON PURCHASE OF FIVE CENTS * TAX TOKEN 5 FIVE MILLS |
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