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South Georgia
Whaler's Tokens
Please help us locate some for the museum in Grytviken!
Ornate monogrammed aluminum token of the Compania Argentina de
Pesca
whaling enterprise, used on South Georgia 1908-1914. Denominations are
5 Kroner, 1 Krone, 50 Ore, and 10 Ore and each has C. Y AF. ROSSI
signature
in tiny letters.
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 Alaskan
token collector Dick Hanscom has written an
informative
article in Coin News, September 1991, "The Whaling Company Tokens of
South
Georgia Island". E-mail Dick about Alaskan and polar tokens at
akcoins@mosquitonet.com.
You can ask Dick about the publication Alaskan Token Collector
&
Polar Numismatist. |
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World Coin News, May 9, 1994, features an article by David Thompson about the "monkey money" of South Georgia. This article outlines the history of Carl Larsen's whaling enterprises. |
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The 50 ore token shown above is owned by Bob Lyall, who provided us with these lovely scans. Bob has done much interesting research into these tokens and proudly owns two. He has written an article for the Alaskan Token Collector & Polar Numismatist "Tokens of the Globe Hotel, Stanley, Falkland Islands". |
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Phil "FalkPhil" Middleton at Falkland Collectibles, Inc., offers stamps and coins and information about the Falkland Islands and South Georgia. |
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Russell Rulau's book Latin American Tokens shows the round 5 kroner token. |
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