1 "CH" (Livestock Token) ND front 1 "CH" (Livestock Token) ND back
1 "CH" (Livestock Token) ND photo
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1 "CH" (Livestock Token) ND

 
Aluminium 1 g 23 mm
Description
Location
Uruguay
Type
Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
1 g
Diameter
23 mm
Thickness
1 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Hammered, Milled
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#326230
Rarity index
95%

Reverse

Hammered design at center, lettering around, half moon below

Script: Latin

Lettering:
ESTABLECIMIENTO DE GANADERIA
CH

Translation:
Livestock farm
CH

Comment

The tokens of stay are a very old tradition in all Latin America for the control of payment to rural workers, in Uruguay they were used in the time of the corambre and jerk and more recently in the 19th and 20th century in the shearing