Tenom Rubber Co. Ld. Coins

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I don't know for sure why some tokens have letters/numbers and why the are holed... Some people think they are used as identification tokens for the people that working at the plantation. On of the numbers my be for the (part of) the plantion and the other number for the worker. They might be holes because it's more easy to wear them and/or to make it more easy to keep tokens together f.e. together on a string. There are also token known from different plantation that are holed but without numbers...

sincerely koenmunten

It's my understanding that, after the use of tokens was discontinued, the plantation recycled them for a non-monetary purpose by numbering and hole-punching them. Given that they almost always seem to be both holed and numbered, they were probably "tool checks". I believe the system worked like this: each worker would be given a number, and when they took tools (things you'd need to work on a rubber plantation, like machetes, saws, shovels etc) to go out into the field, a check with that worker's number would be hung up via the hole on a board identifying the tool. That way, if a tool was missing at the end of the day, the company would know which worker had been given that tool. Or it might work by giving each tool a number, and hanging the checks on a board with each worker's name.

On that basis, the tokens found with numbers and holes are "recycled" tool checks. Un-holed and un-numbered tokens are still in their original "token" state, and are probably more valuable for that reason.

Hello Sap,

I just tried to send you an e-mail, but that's not allowed for new members... strange... this is really a very defensive forum

So I have to ask my question now in the open forum...

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But when it is not allowed to write that on the forum, how can I arrange that in a correct manner?

sincerely,

Koen

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I don't know for sure about these tokens, but I know it is certainly the case with similar holed-and-numbered items used elsewhere, including here in Australia.

@koenmunten

I just noticed your message here. I'm really sorry. Yes, I still have the coins in my collection. I will provide better pictures for your site later. Both coins, is it?

Very interesting website you have. Just bookmarked it for reference.

Koenmunten - Did you catch the Lansen sale at Baldwin's? - Don

I enjoyed the intro and pictures in the website: http://www.plantagegeld.nl
I hope one day the remainder of the text will be translated into English, and I'll read all of it.

In the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, situated in the Indian Ocean, now administered by Australia, the "King" used to issue tokens. As I understand it, his family, which still controlled the islands, continued to issue tokens long after the Australian government took de jure control, and this became an issue, for all of the reasons adverted to in this thread.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cocos_...ing)_Islands