Los 719

VOC-period tin medal or token (16.81 g.). Within inner circle: Palm tree in centre with roses both sides and a countermarked W to left and 6 to the right. Around: IAVANEN – Date indistinct / rev.: blank. Purpose of this token is still unknown. Suggestions have been made to be a token for sugar plantation workers. "W" possibly "West". The medal or token has been retrieved during dredging works of the canals in the old city of former Batavia, presently Jakarta. For similar token see ZENO 329952. F