Telephone Token - E.N.Tel. (Brass) ND front Telephone Token - E.N.Tel. (Brass) ND back
Telephone Token - E.N.Tel. (Brass) ND photo
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Telephone Token - E.N.Tel. (Brass) ND

 
Brass 6.50 g 22.45 mm
Description
Location
Argentina
Type
Service tokens › Telecommunication tokens
Composition
Brass
Weight
6.50 g
Diameter
22.45 mm
Thickness
2.35 mm
Shape
Round with groove(s)
Technique
Milled
Orientation
Variable alignment ↺
Updated
2024-11-13
References
Numista
N#347386
Rarity index
93%

Reverse

The logotype of E.N.Tel.

Edge

Plain

Comment

8 circles in the dial:


10 circles in the dial:


Orientation guide:


The National Telecommunications Company (ENTel) was an Argentine public company originally created in 1948 by the government of Juan Domingo Perón, with the name of State Telephones. In 1956 it was renamed to ENTel, name that it maintained until its dissolution; in 1960 it was called for a short time National Telephone Company.



Unlike other countries, in which calls on public telephones were made by depositing coins, in the public equipment of ENTel, metallic chips called cospeles were used, which could prevent vandalism and theft of the coins that the equipment contained. The images that follow are from the blanks or cards used in public telephones, now replaced by magnetic cards or with integrated electronic circuits.