1 Real - Guatemala Osuna Rochela ND

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Script: Latin

Lettering:
*COMPAÑÍA HAMBURGUESA DE PLANTACIONES EN GUATEMALA
"OSUNA ROCHELA"
SAN ANDRES- OSUNA

Translation:
Hamburg plantation company in Guatemala
OSUNA ROCHELA
San Andres - Osuna

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Comment

This company was one of the largest coffee and other fruit producers in the World. It had tremendous social and political influence in Central America. These tokens were used on their plantation at the town of San Andres southwest of Guatemala City, to pay wages to harvesters.