Some Newps...

dcamp78

Here is what I've found on this coin so far:

Colombia Lazareto - (Leprosarium coinage). Special coinage for use in the three governament leper colonies of Agua
de Dios, Cano de Lord and Contrataction. These coins were used in the leper colonies of Colombia until the hospitals
were closed in the late 1950s and the patients were allowed to exchange these special coins for regular currency at any
bank and then the coins were demonetized. The pick number is KM-L10. KM Catalog number Tn10. Only 350,000
were minted and most specimens are well worn. About 19mm diameter.

So, which KM number is it? If anyone knows, I'd appreciate your help.





Edited to add: Not my pictures.


Just a nice coin:

TwoKopeiki

Cool pick-ups!

There's a really good write-up on Leprosarium coinage in the January Bulletin of Numismatics International by Stewart Westdal. It recommends obtaining a copy of "The Numismatic Aspects of Leprosy" for anyone interested in these issues.

farthing

Nice token!
It is currently catalogued as KM L10, but it would not surprise me if it was catalogued as a token (Tn10) in past Krause catalogs.

I have a 50 Centavos version of the Columbia Lazareto token coinage.

Leprosarium tokens are an interesting collecting field. It seems that the Philippines leper tokens are the easiest to find on eBay then the tokens from this colony. I collect them for my OFEC collection.

dcamp78

Thanks for the information, folks!