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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Lon Chaney, post: 24615781, member: 29844&quot;]Here&#039;s a topic that I haven&#039;t seen a thread about in a while.&nbsp; In the earlier part of the last century, there were various leper colonies in South America.&nbsp; These colonies were issued their own coinage, for fear of passing the disease along to people outside the colony.&nbsp; Of course, leprosy can&#039;t be caught from a coin.&nbsp; The US had a colony or two as well, but they used the same coins as the rest of us. </p><p>I have three examples - one from Venezuela (who used the base 8 number system instead of the base 10 system, a carryover from the Real - I&#039;ve always found that facinating).&nbsp; And two from Columbia.&nbsp; </p><p>For a while, I kept these loose on my desk.&nbsp; It&#039;s fun to have someone pick it up and ask &quot;what&#039;s this?&quot; and say &quot;oh, a coin from a leper colony&quot;.&nbsp; </p><p>If you have your own leper colony tokens, please post.&nbsp; </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1564945[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1564946[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1564941[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1564942[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1564943[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1564944[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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