South Georgia, Compania Argentina de Pesca, Whaling Station token, c. 1908-1914, 1 Krone, obv. Ornate CAP monogram, C.Y AF ROSSI (the token manufacturer), rev. 1 / KRONE, aluminium, shaped flan, 39 x 32mm. Nearly very fine, extremely rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: bt. A. Davidsen, 2002

A South Georgia based whaling enterprise registered in Buenos Aires in 1904. Most of the whalers were Norwegians thus the ore and kroner denominations. The tokens were to control access to alcoholic beverages at the Grytviken whaling station and they went out of usage in July 1914