TYPE: Documents (Loose)
LANGUAGE
Spanish
ITEM ID: 2643

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Token Money for Chinese Settler ($4)

DATE
Year: 1863
Decade: 1860s
Century: 19th (1801-1900)

Token of paper worth $4 for a Chinese colono with “arratia.” This was the subsitute token money. The landlord paid with them and they were forced to buy the products in the store or the sugar mill.