© The Coinhouse Auctions
© The Coinhouse Auctions
Compañía de Salitres de Antofagasta ND
| Bakelite (Ebonita - Bicolor) | 5.3 g | 40 mm |
| Location | Chile |
|---|---|
| Period | Republic (1818-date) |
| Type | Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens |
| Value | 2 Pesos |
| Composition | Bakelite (Ebonita - Bicolor) |
| Weight | 5.3 g |
| Diameter | 40 mm |
| Shape | Round |
| Orientation | Medal alignment ↑↑ |
| Demonetized | 1924 |
| Updated | 2024-11-13 |
| Numista | N#364893 |
|---|---|
| Rarity index | 93% |
Reverse
Green reverse.
Face value in big number, company name around as curved legend
Script: Latin
Lettering:
COMPAÑÍA DE SALITRES DE ANTOFAGASTA
$2
Translation:
Nitrates Company of Antofagasta
$2 (2 Pesos)
Comment
The Nitrates Company of Antofagasta was a Chilean company, with Chilean and British capital, that operated saltpeter businesses in the Antofagasta area, in the Atacama desert. It was a public limited company whose corporate domicile was set in Valparaiso.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.
