Plantation Tokens Of British North Borneo

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koenmunten New Member New Caledonia 31 Posts	Posted 11/25/2011 03:48 am In the past there were a lot of plantation in British North Borneo that had there own token that were use to pay the workers on the plantations. I'm an collector of these kind of tokens and I like to show some of them, and I hope other forum member will follow that example as well. Some tokens of the Rotterdam - Borneo Company LaWe 724, 1 dollar cupro-nikkel, 28 mm. (RRR) LaWe 735, 1/2 dollar cupro-nikkel, 23 mm. (RRR) Edited by koenmunten 11/25/2011 05:43 am Report this Post to the Staff

koenmunten New Member New Caledonia 31 Posts	Posted 11/25/2011 05:51 am Some other tokens from British North Borneo: London Borneo Tobacco Company: LaWe 711, 1 dollar brass, 30,5 mm. (RRR). LaWe 712, 1 dollar brass, 31 mm. (RR). LaWe 712 variant, 1 dollar brass, 31 mm. (RR). Backside of this token has a inscription with a letter and nummerals. This kind of inscriptions are also know from the TEnom Rubber plantations, but from the London Borneo Tobacco is this the olny token I know like this. Similar inscription on a Tenom Rubber token... Report this Post to the Staff
satxwd Valued Member United States 321 Posts	Posted 12/17/2011 4:36 pm These tokens are fascinating and I think I have something like it in my collection. Can anyone provide more information on what these are and what they were used for? Thanks. Report this Post to the Staff
koenmunten New Member New Caledonia 31 Posts	Posted 12/17/2011 4:52 pm If you place some pictures of the tokens you think it might be plantation tokens, I can look for you in the catalogue for more information. Report this Post to the Staff
satxwd Valued Member United States 321 Posts	Posted 12/18/2011 5:45 pm Thanks. I'll find them when I get a chance and post the scans. Report this Post to the Staff
Borneo1 New Member Brunei Darussalam 9 Posts	Posted 07/02/2012 03:04 am Look for Lansen - Wells, a couple Dutch guys wrote this stuff up professionally. Actually one of them sold some of his gear at Baldwin's this year. Report this Post to the Staff
Borneo1 New Member Brunei Darussalam 9 Posts	Posted 07/02/2012 03:12 am http://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms/...%20Coins.pdf http://www.baldwin.co.uk/media/cms/...20TOKENS.pdf A couple sales with a bunch of SEA tokens, Interesting stuff. Do not buy in Jakarta though, unless you know what you are going. Plenty fakes around, identical, but thin... Report this Post to the Staff
koenmunten New Member New Caledonia 31 Posts	Posted 07/06/2012 06:19 am yes Borneo1, I did know about these auctions. And I did win a couple of tokens :-). And yes and there are a lot of forgeries of these tokens in Jakarta and Singapore... Report this Post to the Staff
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