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<p>[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1409952, member: 15445"]I purchased a few Leprosy colony coins at the Willimantic Connecticut coin show. These NEWPS include Leprosy colony coins from the colonies in Venezuela, Columbia, and The Philippines. A couple of these coins are new types that I didn’t have in my Leprosy collection & I’m beginning to find myself with several duplicates today. :smile The toughest Leprosy coins to find are definitely those from the Japan and Panama colonies. In the early 20th Century, there were Leprosy colonies in the following locations:</p><p><br /></p><p>Brazil - Colonia Santa Tereza Leper Colony</p><p>Columbia - Lazaretto Leper Colony</p><p>Japan - Nagashima-Aisei</p><p>Panama – Palo Seco Leper Colony</p><p>Philippines - Culion Leper Colony</p><p>USA - Carville Louisiana and Pearl City Hawaii</p><p>Venezuela – Maricaibo, Isla de Providencia, and Cabo Blanco</p><p><br /></p><p>It was believed that Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) was highly contagious and that it might be transmitted through the coins & currency that were handled by the infected individuals. For this reason, special money was made to circulate in the colonies. (Except the USA colonies (or leprosariums) which used regular US currency). Some of these leprosy colony moneys were government issued and some are considered privately issued tokens today. There is a lot of interesting reading on the subject here at CT & I will post some of the previous thread links. If you visit all the links you will find more photos of these historic Leprosy colony coins/tokens & learn about other Leprosy colony locations around the world.</p><p><br /></p><p>There were a few compelling reasons for issuing special money at the colonies. (1) It was obviously an attempt to keep the area government money out of the hands of the inmates. (2) It made it difficult for inmates to purchase things like rum from the black market dealers. (3) It also made it difficult for an inmate to save up cash and orchestrate an escape.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Collect89, post: 1409952, member: 15445"]I purchased a few Leprosy colony coins at the Willimantic Connecticut coin show. These NEWPS include Leprosy colony coins from the colonies in Venezuela, Columbia, and The Philippines. A couple of these coins are new types that I didn’t have in my Leprosy collection & I’m beginning to find myself with several duplicates today. :smile The toughest Leprosy coins to find are definitely those from the Japan and Panama colonies. In the early 20th Century, there were Leprosy colonies in the following locations: Brazil - Colonia Santa Tereza Leper Colony Columbia - Lazaretto Leper Colony Japan - Nagashima-Aisei Panama – Palo Seco Leper Colony Philippines - Culion Leper Colony USA - Carville Louisiana and Pearl City Hawaii Venezuela – Maricaibo, Isla de Providencia, and Cabo Blanco It was believed that Leprosy (Hansen’s disease) was highly contagious and that it might be transmitted through the coins & currency that were handled by the infected individuals. For this reason, special money was made to circulate in the colonies. (Except the USA colonies (or leprosariums) which used regular US currency). Some of these leprosy colony moneys were government issued and some are considered privately issued tokens today. There is a lot of interesting reading on the subject here at CT & I will post some of the previous thread links. If you visit all the links you will find more photos of these historic Leprosy colony coins/tokens & learn about other Leprosy colony locations around the world. There were a few compelling reasons for issuing special money at the colonies. (1) It was obviously an attempt to keep the area government money out of the hands of the inmates. (2) It made it difficult for inmates to purchase things like rum from the black market dealers. (3) It also made it difficult for an inmate to save up cash and orchestrate an escape.[/QUOTE]
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