Another Unidentified Chinese Token With "45"? (Id: Peoples Bank Of Shanghai Mint Canteen/Food Token)

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numismatist6 Valued Member United States 360 Posts	Posted 11/09/2024 3:09 pm Another Oriental one. These one has three Chinese characters on one side and a symbol with Chinese characters at the bottom. I se numbers, I think 45. Again anyone know what this is? Thanks Report this Post to the Staff

Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 11/12/2024 9:34 pm Bumping this thread to get improved visibility. I've searched with both Google lens and the coin-o-scope app and found no good matches for either side. Using my Pleco app, I believe that the characters on the front side translate to "one yuan" and "vegetable", but that makes little sense. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5823 Posts	Posted 11/12/2024 9:54 pm The left image character is translated as what Spence found out from Google. One Yuan and below it Vegetable. Right image translate to: country court 614 food cafeteria. I'm not able to determine what the 3 bracket logo stand for, but it is a food token I believe that worker can buy and trade at a discount eating in this cafeteria. Edited by macmercury 11/12/2024 9:57 pm Report this Post to the Staff
David Graham Pillar of the Community Australia 1610 Posts	Posted 12/03/2024 2:41 pm I took an image of this coin to my local coin meeting where one of the members was able to dig up some more information. The Shanghai Mint was known as Factory 614 between 1992 and 2008. It seems this token was a meal token at the mint canteen. Here is a link to a page: https://www.sohu.com/a/148705316_654971 The symbol is from "Snow Chill Coins" if that is the correct translation. It seems the link is no longer valid so maybe the company no longer exists. I'm guessing that maybe "Snow Chill Coins" minted the canteen tokens? Does make one wonder why the Shanghai Mint didn't mint its own canteen tokens. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 12/03/2024 3:04 pm It's always nice to have a definitive attribution. Thx for contributing to this effort @mac and @david! "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
David Graham Pillar of the Community Australia 1610 Posts	Posted 12/03/2024 3:56 pm OK - Final mystery solved. The logo is not "Snow Chill Coins" but the "Peoples Bank of China" or PBoC. I assume they run the Shanghai Mint so yes, the tokens probably were minted by the Shanghai Mint. https://crypto.marketswiki.com/inde...go_small.png Report this Post to the Staff
HondoB Bedrock of the Community United States 24982 Posts	Posted 12/03/2024 4:14 pm Excellent sleuthing, David. Inordinately fascinated by bits of metal with strange markings and figures Report this Post to the Staff
jbuck Moderator United States 187702 Posts	Posted 12/03/2024 4:33 pm Well done. 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
macmercury Pillar of the Community United States 5823 Posts	Posted 12/03/2024 4:57 pm I was wondering that logo from the PBoC looks familiar, you can deposit into it but good luck trying taking it out. Report this Post to the Staff
Spence Moderator United States 34396 Posts	Posted 01/21/2025 09:40 am Here is an example up for sale in the current SARC auction: https://www.sarc.auction/SHANGHAI-P...XF_i55131983 with this description: Quote: SHANGHAI: People's Republic, brass yuan, ND (ca. 1980's), cf. Zeno-307440, canteen token issued for the State Owned Factory No. 614 (Shanghai Mint), logo above name of the canteen // yi yuan / cai ("Dish [worth] one yuan"), XF. "If you climb a good tree, you get a push." -----Ghanaian proverb "The danger we all now face is distinguishing between what is authentic and what is performed." -----King Adz Report this Post to the Staff
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