© Bruno Rodríguez Carapelle
© Bruno Rodríguez Carapelle
2 pesos (Oficina Lina) ND
| Bakelite (Ebonite - Ocher) | - | 40 mm |
| Location | Chile |
|---|---|
| Issuing entity | Compañía Lina |
| Period | Republic (1818-date) |
| Type | Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens |
| Value | 2 Pesos |
| Currency | Old peso (1835-1959) |
| Composition | Bakelite (Ebonite - Ocher) |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Technique | (Ocher color in both sides - Black edge) |
| Orientation | Coin alignment ↑↓ |
| Demonetized | 1924 |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#334805 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 95% |
Reverse
Outside circle formed by dots. Face value ($2) in the middle, and the legend "VALE EN MERCADERÍA" with two more dots.
Lettering:
VALE
$2
EN MERCADERÍA
Translation: $2 WORTH IN MERCHANDISE
Edge
Ocher - black - ocher.
Comment
Oficina Lina was a Chilean nitrate company that operated saltpeter businesses in the Antofagasta area, in the Atacama desert.This kind of token was used as payment to the miners which worked at the nitrate mines until Chilean government banned this kind of salary or any other than Chilean legal issues in 1924.
