Showroom for african tokens

Started by Marcisharki, November 21, 2010, 05:33:25 PM

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africancoins

My words (and someone else's pictures) about some tokens from "Salins du Cap Vert" can be seen at...

http://www.wbcc.fsnet.co.uk/aftcap.htm

Thanks Mr Paul Baker

Marcisharki

Hello Tokenfans  :)

Thanks for your words Paul.

Below you can find the other tokens which were also used externally.
Two of the tokens have had their denominations removed. Does anybody know why   ???

Best wishes
Marc
A token a day keeps the Doctor away !

Figleaf

I don't know, but I can guess.

The denomination of the tokens was in French francs and centimes. Since the islands were not using French francs, they may only have been valid in the company store. This is known as trucking. Trucking is badly seen and was progressively banned. My guess is that the tokens were still used after trucking was forbidden, but in a different way. They probably had a value in Portuguese currency assigned to them, so that the could either be exchangd for local money or be used in any place that accepted them.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Marcisharki

#18
Thanks Peter for your explaination !   ;)

below you can find the other SAL tokens. They were made for the internal use only....






best regards
Marcisharki
A token a day keeps the Doctor away !

Marcisharki

#19
Hello again,

....so, now I will return to the right and go down south , ...to Nigeria (or British Westafrica)

Here my latest token from Nigeria - a token f. the Gilruth Bros.

On the front you can see a portrait of Quenn Victoria and on the reverse,
"Gilruth Bros.,Lagos / Mechants"

According to Vice this token was minted between 1870and 1880. Unfortunately I have
not found any further information, ??? but I presume that the company was english and had

a branch-office in Lagos... ;)

best wishes

Marc


A token a day keeps the Doctor away !

africancoins

A bit more info - but not particularly regarding the issuer at...

http://www.wbcc.fsnet.co.uk/aftnga.htm

Thanks Mr Paul Baker

Marcisharki

#21
Good evening !

so, now we move down further south - to Cameroun.

Here is a token from the the colonial time, or lets say in french, from the "Territoire
sous Mandat Francaise" (from 1919 to 1947). It is from the Societe Nationale
du Cameroun and is made of brass.

This token weighs 4,3 grams and has a diameter of 25 mm.
Lecompte 26




Has anybody got any other tokens from Cameroun ?  :)

kindest regards

Marcisharki
A token a day keeps the Doctor away !

Marcisharki

#22
Hello Token Fans,

well seemingly there are no further tokens from Cameroun, so I will move down further south -  to Congo 8)

Moyen-Congo was one of the four territories comprising French Equatorial Africa, the origins of which derive from the establishment in 1880 by the explorer Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza of a station at Ntamo. From 1934 Moyen-Congo was directly administered by the governor-general of French Equatorial Africa. It was granted independent status as the Congo Republic in 1960 and was subsequently renamed the People's Republic of the Congo, abbreviated Congo (Brazzaville).

Here is a nice token dated  1925 from the former French Colony....




Best regards

Marcisharki
A token a day keeps the Doctor away !

Figleaf

The lightning bolt indicates that this token was struck in Poissy, a temporary mint (1922 - 1924) established to meet runaway demand for new coins to replace the tokens in circulation. Its official name was the Société Française de Monnayage, French minting company. It was the last time France had more than one mint.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Marcisharki

#24
Good morning,

here my second token from the former french colony. It is from Brazzaville -
1 Franc piece from the "Cercle des sous officiers"

It is made of aluminium, weighs 0,69 grams, and has a diameter of 2 mm.




best wishes ! :)

Marcisharki
A token a day keeps the Doctor away !

Figleaf

These are very difficult to find. I have not seen one before. Your picture makes it clear that the piece circulated.

A sous-officier is a non-commissioned officer. Their "cercle" is a co-operative mess, sometimes complemented with a "hotel" for traveling military. Since the denomination is relatively high, this token may have served to buy alcoholic drinks.

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Afrasi

#26
The token looks now - after some cleaning - much better than at the auction photo (btw: of our member belg_jos).
Congratulations to this piece!

btw

Here is a map showing the operating area of the S.N.C., the issuer of your token from Cameroon.

Harald

#27
here is one of the companions to the Middle Congo tokens
(apparently I am indefinitely blocked from uploading files >:D ... therefore a detour is needed)


does anyone know what they were produced for? probably a receipt for something. since the pieces are
pretty elaborate, they were certainly produced for a good purpose.

there is also a claim that they were used for payments afterwards - but by whom and at what values?

any (first hand) documentation would be appreciated

cheers
--
Harald
http://www.liganda.ch (monetary history & numismatic linguistics)

Figleaf

This is one of a series of five, all with different animals and consecutive dates. Like the Moyen Congo counterparts, they were struck in Poissy, therefore meant for official use - at the time, there were plenty of private houses who could probably have made them cheaper (and less elaborate.) Interestingly, each following year the token is listed as more expensive, suggesting that less and less were produced.

They remind me of public transportation tickets...

Peter
An unidentified coin is a piece of metal. An identified coin is a piece of history.

Afrasi

As I know they were used as tax tokens, like the pieces of the British South Africa Company in Rhodesia or the nice pieces of the former Belgish Congo.
After their proposed use they circulated as emergency money at different worth depending on the depicted animal.