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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 871

Greenland. Royal Greenland Trading Co. (KGH). Coal Tokens. Grønlandske Kul (i.e. "Native Coal"), complete 7-piece Set. 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 500 and 1,000 Kilograms (1964-1972). Brass, vertically rectangular. Uniface. Large KGH Arms below upper tag hole, coal type and weight below. Sieg p.367. In the early 1960's, apprehensive KGH officials fretted that the native Greenlanders tasked with dispensing coal might pocket the money for themselves. Thus as a control mechanism, the company began to issue these brass tallies. The tallies were issued in two series, native, and imported coal. Four with typical contact marks, Very Fine-About Uncirculated. (7)

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