CHILE, token, (1890s-1920s)
$21.00
CHILE, token, no date (1890s-1920s), Obverse: OFICINA SAN ANTONIO CIA DE SAL Y F C DE JUNIN, PULPERIA, Reverse: $1, aluminum, 35mm, 4.26g, R-Tpc151, XF-AU
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Description
Chileans made a lot of tokens and medals in the 19th and 20th centuries. The reference used is Latin American Tokens, by Russell Rulau.
A token is used like a coin but is not a coin. Rather, it stands for a coin without the value of the coin. Maybe its copper, but says its value is the same as a silver coin. Usually tokens were made privately, but sometimes governments got involved.
The word “exonumia” is used to describe all kinds of things that are “like” coins but are not coins. I wrote a blog post on that subject. Basic categories: 1. used like a coin but not issued by a national government, 2. looks like a coin but not made for spending, 3. other things that we are interested in.
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