Hi Stephanie,

Neat find. We found what sounds like the same artefact on Bonnie Clark's
Amache project some years ago:
https://portfolio.du.edu/pc/port?portfolio=amache

At the time I did a little research and came up with this 1935 patent on
the very distinctive "Koin Pack" packaging:

http://www.google.com/patents?id=DAV5AAAAEBAJ&pg=PA1&dq=2006212&source=gbs_selected_pages&cad=2#v=onepage&q=2006212&f=false

I remember we also discussed that the government might have been handing
them out to Japanese-American internees, maybe Bonnie or someone else can
speak to whether that was true or not.

It does seem to be associated with the 1930s to 1940s.

David Valentine who is (or was) on this list did a bunch of research on
historic condom packaging, maybe he can tell us more.

Good luck!

Adrian

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Adrian Myers, Doctoral Candidate   |   Department of Anthropology, Stanford
University


On Mon, Mar 25, 2013 at 11:15 AM, Stephanie Cole <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Hi All :)
>    I am currently writing a masters thesis focused on a tenant cabin in
> Louisiana. I have recovered a condom wrapper labeled "Koin-Pac" and am
> trying to get a possible date. The tin is round and silver in color. I have
> found some references (in collector/metal detector forums) about the red
> cross handing them to WW II soldiers. This "Koin-pac" was found in a soil
> level that also contained a German Finnig and was wondering if anyone could
> point me to any reference material. I've been searching for days with no
> luck, anything would be helpful at this point. Thanks in advance.
>                                         Steph
>