Leper colony coins?

Great info about Palo Seco Coins:

http://www.coins-of-panama.com/paloseco.html

 

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There's an article on page 26 of the October 19, 2009 Coin World about Leper Colony coins...interesting.

 

I took photos of a couple other Leprosy coins. This one is a 0.05 Bolivar coin from the Leprosy Nation in Venezuela. This large Leper colony was on Providencia Island in Lake Maracaibo.

 

This other coin is almost silver dollar size from The Philippines Culion Leper colony.

 

Funny I should find this thread.

At work we have an NGC VF35 Culion 1 Peso piece on ebay. Scarcer example as well. 1922PM. Bid is already just over $100.

Fascinating stuff.