Panificia - 2 Escudos ND front Panificia - 2 Escudos ND back
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Panificia - 2 Escudos ND

 
Aluminium 0.88 g 22.00 mm
Description
Location
Portugal
Type
Trade tokens › Business tokens
Composition
Aluminium
Weight
0.88 g
Diameter
22.00 mm
Thickness
1.2 mm
Shape
Round
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Coin alignment ↑↓
Updated
2024-11-14
References
Numista
N#411703
Rarity index
97%

Reverse

Lettering between the edge and inner circle. Lettering inside the inner circle.

Lettering:
★ SERVIÇO DE ★ BÓNUS
2 ESCUDOS

Translation: Bonus service

Edge

Plain.

Comment

Traduced and adapted from: https://www.numismatas.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?t=12520&sid=c88d99a2afa85ddb669f64a62285c45b

 

“The statutes of  the cooperative where approved in February 22  in the year 1905, in Porto City, Largo do Laranjal, nº 1.  In 1909 the cooperative had at least two bakery stores located at Rua da Alegria, nº 741, and Rua das Doze Casas.  They baked the bread in a  wood burning ovens and the female employees delivered the bread in baskets. The tokens function is unknown” 

 

There are several emissions and values of this tokens, emitted in Reis and Escudos Currency.