20 Centavos - Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego

Features

Location Argentina
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Years 1893-1900
Value 20 Centavos (0.20)
Composition Bakelite
Diameter 31 mm
Shape Round
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
179641

Obverse

Company name (Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego).

Script: Latin

Lettering:
S. E.
DE
TIERRA DEL FUEGO

Translation: Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego (Company for the exploitation of Tierra del Fuego)

Reverse

Value.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
VALE
20¢
EN MERCADERIAS

Translation:
Good for
20¢
In Merchandise

Comments

Tierra del Fuego Rubber Token, "Vale 20¢ (centavos) en Mercaderias". Issued around 1900. Rare.
From The Dana Roberts Collection.

The Sociedad Explotadora de Tierra del Fuego (Company for the exploitation of Tierra del Fuego) was the greatest company of Chilean and Argentinian Patagonia. It was founded in 1893 and cultivated over 1 million hectares (2.5×106 acres) land for sheep farming and private factories like Puerto Bories to process, freeze and export sheep meat.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1893-1900) 

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