This is a white metal piece too light for much silver content. Maybe a collateral piece. early key chain. Reminded me of the SF Gold Rush days.
If you give the reverse a google, a bunch of old Chinese bulidings appear. What do the Characters say?
looks like a badge number 8151 for Leong Hoo Chee who must have worked for the Shanghai Ins. Co. LTD. And that’s what the fortune cookie said!
I was able to find a little information surrounding the badge. Up until 1842 Shanghai was just a small fishing village, It was the opium war of 1840-42 that turned Shanghai into the insurance capitol of the east. The first foreign insurers in China Unlike in other parts of the world, the ports of southern China, not London, were the spawning ground for the insurance industry in the Asia-Pacific region. In the early 1800s the British East India Company held a monopoly on Chinese trade, and European merchants involved in trade between India and China struggled to insure their ships and goods in London and were forced to pay extremely high premiums. Until the First Opium War (1840–1842), Shanghai had been just a small fishing village. But the wars with Britain forced China to open Shanghai to foreign trade as a treaty port and created the country’s gateway to the West. Foreigners soon flocked to Shanghai, building roads, sewage systems and houses, and trade flourished. By 1871, Shanghai was connected by cable to London, reflecting its importance and the high level of Western engagement at that time. https://www.swissre.com/dam/jcr:eb1...d6b8c5/150Y_Markt_Broschuere_China_Inhalt.pdf I found another certificate that says that Shanghai life insurance company was merged into Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada in 1924. I can date this badge somewhere between 1871 and 1924. More research will be needed.
I can see and hear what you are saying, there is a switch that the internet has (providers) to allow you to hear certain conversations. The insurance only allows certain content. It is a risk concept, that was used in the amount that these sailors used to access the policy to go from point A to B. Build risk and charge a higher price. The same concept as inflation.
Speaking of oddities. About 3 weeks ago I saw an uncirculated Morgan engulfed in silicon in the shape of a ball. I was going to bid on it and snipe it at the end of the auction, but I forgot about it. It went (sold) really cheap, like 30 bucks. Ever seen anything like that before? Would silicon damage a coin or protect it from the elements? Didn't mean to derail your thread but seemed to fit with weird stuff I've never seen before.
I deleted it from my watch list. Dammit. I was so mad at my forgetfulness I poofed it from my watch list.
I swear, it got away! lol...........and I'm a salt water guy, a USCG certified captain as well. I became a guide a few years ago. I'm retired, it's more of a hobby than anything else. If you are ever in Florida, pm me.
Yep. And the MSM is much dismayed we have the internet. But I digress. Do not believe everything you read, and sometimes not even what you see. There is always a hidden agenda. "Facts" are easily manipulated.
