5 Alvaro Sanchez/Central Senado Token (Id: Cuban Sugar Cane Chit)

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Dman95 Valued Member United States 74 Posts	Posted 11/30/2025 4:24 pm I recently bought this token and I can't identify it. I couldn't find any thing like it on the internet. Seems modern and is aluminum with a large 5 in the center and Alvaro Sanchez on one side, and Central Senado with a factory on the other. 26mm, 1.5mm thick thanks for your help, Dman95 Report this Post to the Staff

Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 11/30/2025 8:01 pm I have to say, my first instinct on seeing the reverse image was, "that looks like a sugar mill". Turns out that "Central Senado" was a sugar mill in Cuba, in Camaguey Province, somewhere in the vicinity of the town of Florida. Photos of the mill from 1948: https://calisphere.org/item/ark:/13030/kt2x0nc14n/ I can only assume that "Alvaro Sanchez" was the name of a farmer (or perhaps the name of a farm) within the growing district of the Central Senado mill, and these chits were used to pay the cane harvester workers. On that assumption, the token would be for "5 centavos". Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
Dman95 Valued Member United States 74 Posts	Posted 11/30/2025 9:33 pm Thanks SAP! What you found makes sense. I didn't see this when I was looking for answers. With the factory on it and the value seems like sugar mill scrip/company store tokens. Thanks again, Dman Report this Post to the Staff
Dman95 Valued Member United States 74 Posts	Posted 11/30/2025 10:00 pm There was a train called the Alvaro Sanchez at the sugar mill. Train token? Alvaro Sanchez train built in 1912 http://www.railwaysofthefarsouth.co...builders.pdf Ran until at least1937. https://www.steamlocomotive.com/loc...oad=cs#12453 Report this Post to the Staff
Sap Moderator Australia 16805 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 03:02 am They wouldn't make a token just for use with one steam locomotive - any such tokens would be in the name of the entire railway. I suspect the steam locomotive was named after the either the farm (?) or the same person the farm was named after. Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis Report this Post to the Staff
dar76124 Valued Member United States 395 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 08:49 am This is listed in Rulau's Latin American Tokens 2nd Edition as "CMG 20"(Camaguey Province). At the time of printing (2000) it had a value of $30 in VF. Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187446 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 10:13 am Very nice! Coin Collector Since 1978 Avatar Old Avatar 7070 Eisenhower Australia Canada World CCF Members on eBay CCF eBay Search Engine Report this Post to the Staff
Dearborn Moderator United States 94636 Posts	Posted 12/01/2025 1:40 pm very nice item - glad it has been identified for you. Collecting since 1972. Learning from then on "Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." - Benjamin Franklin 7070 type set coin count: 51/76 Uncirculated American Silver Eagles My American Silver Eagle Proof Collection Sacagawea Dollars Innovation Dollars Eisenhower-Dollars Kennedy-Half Dollars Washington-Quarters Roosevelt-Dimes Buffalo-Nickels 1938-2005 Jefferson-Nickels Lincoln-Cents Report this Post to the Staff
scopru Pillar of the Community United States 5029 Posts	Posted 12/03/2025 08:14 am Excellent addition to a token collection!!!! Report this Post to the Staff
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