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Nice to know. I am a member of the ANA. To bad my first year in had to be basically shut down due to the covid-19 pandemic. I plan on renewing anyways, so hopefully I'll be able to check out the die hard TAMSers lol.

Thanks you. Is this a weekly forum then? Or just a once in a while thing that gets thrown in the mix? After learning what I learned today about tokens, cost, availability and coolness I might have opened a different can of worms lol. I could see this becoming a way to branch off into another interesting hobby.

New to this so please understand if I mess it up lol. I started coin collecting going on 2yrs ago now and just fell in love. I came across this Washington tax token and knew nothing about it except that to me it was sweet. I was doing a little research and to my surprise found out that there is little value or intrest in tokens. It didn't matter to me I didn't fall in love with this hobby for the money. I fell in love because of the history, the craftsmanship, the hunt and the conversations. True die hard numismatics can talk coins all day. I was so happy when I came across this token Tuesday piece and even though it's Wednesday I hope you'll find it in your hearts to understand I just had to post this anyways. So like I said I have here a 1935 CH.180 State of Washington tax token. I've read a few different stories about them and how the US Treasury department wanted to/and did end up putting a stop to the minting of these tokens because they were not being produced Federally but by the States that were using them themselves. Only to turn around and snub their noses at the craftsmanship and work that went into them. I have come to find that there are two type of numismatics the ones who see errors as a flawed piece of junk that they want nothing to do with. I will give them their respect, but it's the ones who can see the beauty in an error and love it even more because it could be one of a kind those are the one's I listen to and soak up as much knowledge as I can. So if anyone knows anything about this token I would love to hear more about it. When I flip it from the obverse to the reverse it flips and shows just like the pictures do. Is that common for these tokens or is it supposed to be like a US coin when flipped? Or do I possibly have a 180° rotation? Thanks in advance and don't worry I have thick skin I can take honest criticism.

Very cool! I live I. Gand Rapids MI and have never came across one yet. Thanks for sharing.