10 Kopeks - Metropol Moscow

Features

Location Russian Empire
Emperor Nicholas II (1894-1917)
Type Trade tokens › Business token
Years 1907-1917
Value 10 Kopeks (0.10)
Currency Russia - Empire - Restaurant Tokens
Composition Copper-nickel
Shape Scalloped (with 8 notches)
Orientation Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
149660

Obverse

Lettering:
* МОСКВА *
РЕСТОРАНЪ
"МЕТРОПОЛЬ"

Translation:
Moscow
Restaurant
Metropol

Reverse

Value.

Lettering:
10
КОП.

Translation:
10
Kop.

Edge

Smooth

Comments

They were used as a payment for service in the restaurant of the Metropol Hotel from 1907 to 1917, most likely as a deposit by guests, but there is a version that these tokens were used to pay a waiter with a kitchen in order to combat fraud when serving guests.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (1907-1917) 

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