Mining token ND front Mining token ND back
Mining token ND photo
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Mining token ND

 
Brass 5.2 g 29.8 mm
Description
Location
Austrian Empire
Emperor
Francis Joseph I (Franz Joseph I) (1848-1916)
Type
Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Composition
Brass
Weight
5.2 g
Diameter
29.8 mm
Thickness
1.5 mm
Shape
Round
Orientation
Medal alignment ↑↑
Demonetized
Yes
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#103320
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Two hammers.

Comment

Food tokens issued by the same company in other coal mines in the Czechia during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy - the city of Sokolov and Královské Poříčí. minted by the Prague mint I.B. PICHL.

The town of Ervěnice na Mosteck - Czechie - The Robert coal mine was owned by the company "Britania Gewerkschaft" during the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, the owner was: Sir.George W. Grifih 
The mine is the predecessor of MUS, the Robert mine later the Jan Šverma mine - Most (DJŠ) 
A food token issued to pay miners for permission to buy food at the company store.  On the basis of the first collective agreements, during the mining riots in RU.