One of the many interesting items I sell at work. This is a one centavo coin or token from the Culion Leper Colony in the Philippines from 1927. Back in the day when people with leprosy were sequestered in colonies to stop the spread of their illness they minted these tokens for use by the patients. It was feared that the disease could be spread if they used the same coins as the general population. In the 1950's it was discovered that leprosy wasn't particularly contagious and patients were improving with new medications so the minting of these tokens was discontinued. Kinda interesting!65, 46.
Kinda interesting? I vote for very interesting. -me
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