Gettoni delle piantagioni (Plantation Tokens)

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STEPHEN ALBUM RARE COINS AUCTION #42.

Lot 2418. NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Java, 8 cents token, ND, L&W-591, 104 x 17mm, value written in ink in both Dutch and Arabic numerals, bamboo plantation token (bamboegeld) for tea plantations in Cirohani in West Java, VF, RR.

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Lotto 4225. (circa 1828) American Plantations 1/24 Part Real, Restrike, MS63+ PCGS. Newman 4-E, W-1155, R.5. Perhaps 50 of these survive today, based on the combination of R.5 and URS-7 ratings. All of the American Plantation tokens produced from Newman obverse dies 4 and 5, a total of three die varieties, are thought to be restrikes circa 1828. This outstanding example has brilliant light gray luster and sharp design motifs with excellent eye appeal. Population: 11 in 63 (2 in 63+), 2 finer (7/22). Listed on page 38 of the 2023 Guide Book. Ex: Central States Signature (Heritage, 4/2021), lot 3074.

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Lotto 5271. (1871) Wailuku Plantation Token, 6 1/4 Cents, Narrow Starfish, XF40 PCGS. Medcalf 2TE-4. Maui, Hawaii was the home of the Wailuku Plantation. Due to a shortage of specie, tokens were produced by a blacksmith on site, denominated as 6 1/4 cents (or half real) and 12 1/2 cents (one real). The half real tokens are rarer than their one real counterparts. A Broad Starfish variety exists but is uncollectible. This Narrow Starfish example is circulated but shows all important details. The minimally abraded surfaces display minor verdigris. The fields are toned plum-red and forest-green, while the high points are mahogany-brown. Listed on page 433 of the 2023 Guide Book. Population: 5 in 40, 3 finer (6/22).

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https://www.cgb.fr/indochine-francaise-jeton-de-plantation-sup,fjt_537877,a.html
 

Titulature avers : FOU-LOU-HY-CHEOU - BONHEUR JOIE ET GRAND NOMBRE DE JOURS.

Description avers : 18 AB 74 6 JUILLET.

Titulature revers : KIN-YOU-MAN-TANG - QUE VOTRE MAISON SE REMPLISSE DE RICHESSES.

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NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: AE 50 cents, ND (1891-1910), LaWe-333, Soenber-Doeren (Pasoeroehan, Java) plantation token (plantagegeld).

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British North Borneo, Cadei Pitas Estate, 5 cents, plantation token, undated, (LaWe-78), NGC XF Details - Cleaned, circulation pieces are very rare.

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Sumatra Asahan - Niederländisch-Ost-Indisch ½ Dollar Plantage Token - Plantation Token 1890 T256 - Unternehmung ✶ Hessa ✶ Dutch Oversea Region VF, rauh (MA-Shop).

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Sumatra Deli - Niederländisch-Indisch ½ Dollar Plantage Token - Plantation Token 1891 T351 - Unternehmung ✶ Soengei Serbangan ✶ Dutch Oversea Region VF, fleckig (MA-Shop).

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Heritage AUCTION #1351

Lotto 4030. 1880 TOKEN Wailuku Plantation Half Real XF45 PCGS. M. 2TE-7. The Wailuku Plantation was an early cane sugar farm operated by American businessmen. The half real, a Mexican silver denomination, traded for 6 1/4 cents in U.S. money. Struck by a local blacksmith, tokens from the Wailuku Plantation are rare today, although several die varieties are known. This ebony-brown example has an even strike and displays slightly granular surfaces. Careful inspection reveals a few faded field marks on the reverse. Listed on page 433 of the 2023 Guide Book. Ex: Long Beach Signature (Heritage, 9/2014), lot 3564, where it realized $9,987.50.

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1991-0808-1

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2009-4007-132

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2009-4007-129

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2006-0202-50

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1897-1104-3

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1933-0413-542

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2009-4007-130

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2012-4244-18

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_1984-0605-1017

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/C_2022-4013-2

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Oc-A60-96

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Oc-B123-50

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Oc-B123-51

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/EA_Af-B64-11

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_D-2-294

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COLONIAL PLANTATION TOKEN

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Ron Guth: These have been called 1/24 Part Reals (Breen), 1/24 Reals (Akers), and Farthings (Akers and Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles) 

The following history is courtesy of Ira & Larry Goldberg Coins & Collectibles, Inc.:
"The Plantation Token came about because of the tin price collapse in England during the period of 1679-80 (Breen). Although tin had been discovered and used since antiquity, being useful in making bronze, the idea of using tin for coinage had not been employed. This is because of the fact that tin turns into dust when exposed to extreme cold almost instantly, more slowly at normal temperatures, with evidence of tin pesting a by product of time and exposure to the elements. Nevertheless, the tin mine owners of Cornwall and Devonshire had a crisis, their tin mines were virtually worthless, and something had to be done with all that tin. What better solution than convincing the royal authorities under James II to coin the tin into money? Now the tin miners would have a steady source to sell their tin production to at higher prices than ever. Thus the Tower Mint began producing tin farthings and half pence for British domestic circulation from 1684-92. King James II's secretary Henry Guy then hatched the idea of making tin coins for the American Plantations, as the Colonies were known at that time, unless the Tower Mint had any objections. Apparently no objections were voiced, and soon the Tower Mint was coining these 1/24th Real coins for export. Literally within a few weeks of these being struck., James II was ousted during the "Glorious Revolution" which interrupted coinage. Analysis shows these coins to be 97.5% pure tin, which accounts for the always rough surfaces seen today. A London coin dealer named Matthew Young obtained two pairs of dies from these and restruck several in tin around 1828, these restrikes display a die crack in the right obverse field, and are nearly as rare as the originals..."

 

https://www.pcgs.com/coinfacts/category/colonials/pre-1776-private-regional-issues/american-plantation-tokens-1688/803

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Heritage AUCTION #1351

Lotto 4032. 1886 12.5C Grove Ranch Plantation 12 1/2 Cent Token XF40 PCGS. Medcalf TE-16. Medcalf states that the Grove Ranch Plantation "covered 3,870 acres. In 1885 the plantation employed 110 men and produced 1,300 tons of sugar. 110 yoke oxen were used to provide the work power." This very scarce token is medium brown and only slightly granular. All design elements are clear. Examination beneath a loupe reveals numerous thin marks. Listed on page 433 of the 2023 Guide Book. Population: 1 in 40, 15 finer (9/22). Ex: ANA Signature (Heritage, 8/2007), lot 2627, where it sold for $4,600.

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https://www.cgb.fr/nouvelles-hebrides-vanuatu-depuis-1980-1-shilling-valesdir-n-a-t-nd-ttb,fco_503221,a.html

Ces monnaies de nécessité servaient sur la PLANTATION de Valesdir située sur l’Île d’Epi. Cette PLANTATION était la propriété de la famille Naturel. Ces monnaies auraient été utilisées entre 1910 et 1920. Les trois valeurs faciales émises, 3 D (Pence), 6 D (Pence) et 1 $ (Shilling), sont des subdivisions de la livre australienne alors en cours dans le condominium franco-britannique.

 

https://www.cgb.fr/ceylan-token-1843-1881-spl,fwo_618161,a.html
 

Ce jeton avait une valeur de 19 Cents et a été frappé en 1881. La PLANTATION Mills employaient environ 1500 personnes à cette époque.

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Beginning around 1882, plantations in British North Borneo began paying their workers with their own money due to a shortage of currency, which was accepted as legal tender by the British North Borneo Company until 1920. This scarce token was issued by the New London Borneo Tobacco Company Limited (N.L.B.T.C.L.)

https://www.vcoins.com/it/stores/artful_investments_llc/284/product/british_north_borneo_nlbtcl_circa_1910_one_cent_plantation_token_vf/1490198/Default.aspx

 

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THE COINHOUSE AUCTIONS, LIVE AUCTION 32

Lotto 863. Mexico, Hacienda de Tuxpango (Sugar Cane Estate) Brass Token 10 - Ixtaczoquitlan (Estado de Veracruz), Rulau Ver 25, SCARCE, VF.

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The AJ Lansen Collection of Plantation Tokens

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Barbados

CU Penny 1788 (Plantagen Token). KM Tn8. =13,82 g 12h= III

https://www.dorotheum.com/it/l/3273044/

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Netherlands Indie, Kingdom of Netherlands (1817-1949). Netherlands Indie Kingdom of Netherlands (1817-1949) Token Plantation tokens 1 Cent, BLIMBING - GRAF BENTHEIM (BATOE BAHRA, SUMATRA). (1900-1924 ca.) Ø 22 mm. Ae. 1.78 g. RR XF+

 

 

https://vl-nummus.bidinside.com/en/lot/36237/netherlands-indie-kingdom-of-netherlands-/