Token.

Token. For token money, see MONEY, Vol. VII. p. 270. In Scotland it was usual both in the Established Church and in seceding churches for the minister and elders to furnish communicants with tokens or small vouchers of brass or pewter, serving as passes permitting them to take their places at the communion table, whereupon the tokens were returned to the officiating elders. This system of metal tokens has now been generally superseded by cards.