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Dear All, I am a new member on this forum. I collect chinese old/modern/copper/chopmarked coins/tokens. My first post is about old Shanghai bread token: Hall & Holtz LTD half loaf. I was wondering which half loaf is more rare: half loaf without "N" counterstamp or the one with "N counterstamp from 1925. I also would like to know when and where half loaf without "N" counterstamp was issue? I heard that in UK, but do you know where exactly? I also heard that it was issued 1895. Can anyone confirm that. Do you know some information available about this token on the Internet? Thank you in advance. KONDi CCC member 368 Shanghai/China 2012.10.07 14:22  Picture fixed - SapEdited by KONDi
10/07/2012 03:25 am
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Pillar of the Community
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Hall & Holtz was a well known bakery located on Nanking Road in Shanghai. Although undated, these tokens date from between 1895 and 1900 and were manufactured in England. In 1925 the business was acquired by J. Neil who stamped the bread tokens with a letter 'N' having punched the circular centre hole square. This was to distinguish them from the previous issues for which Hall and Holtz were still responsible.
Both varieties are considered to be rare and these tokens have been listed at auction for amounts ranging between $200 and $700 depending on condition.
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Very interesting.
Thanks for sharing this information.
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New Member
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I posted wrong photos. Those are 1 cent and 2 cents 1922 from China General Omnibus Company which issued 3 sets of bus tokens: 1st set (1922), 2nd set (1926) and 3rd set (1939). Could I ask how to modify photo and add correct photo of Hall & Holtz hald loaf bread token to this post?
Thank you in advanced!
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Pillar of the Community
United States
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Click reply to topic, hi-light the HTML code to the images and delete them, and do the same procedures to upload your images again.
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New Member
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correct image of Hall & Holtz half loaf Shanghai bread token  |
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I fixed the picture in the original post for you.  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
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Valued Member
United States
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I was wondering which half loaf is more rare: half loaf without "N" counterstamp or the one with "N counterstamp from 1925. According to this Chinese website, the token with the square hole and "N" counterstamp is much rarer. Gary |
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Bedrock of the Community
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Quote, seen on school staffroom notice board:
"The staff of life is bread, but the life of our staff is one big loaf."
Actually, bread token collecting has a small but enthusiastic following in Australia.
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Dear sel_691,
Really? Could you recommand me some forum website where these collectors of bread token talk about their tokens?
Thank you in advance!
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