{"product_id":"peru-copper-1870-token-1-2-haciendas-de-enrique-swayne-17-mm-30-050","title":"PERU Copper 1870 Token 1\/2 - Haciendas de Enrique Swayne  17 mm (30 050)","description":"Ungraded\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cfont rwr=\"1\" style=\"\"\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: 14pt;\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/resized-images.crazylister.com\/68747470733a2f2f696d672e6372617a796c69737465722e636f6d2f35383630382f696d616765732f6c6f676f322835292e706e673f76657273696f6e49643d5f695235775254556a5736497a53305f54792e524c376649764f6c347a727834\/auto\/82.png\"\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeru Republic 1870 Token - \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaciendas de Enrique Swayne .Copper\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eValue 1\/2 .\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e17mm\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eObverse Text Elements: Typically features \nthe name \"HACIENDAS DE ENRIQUE SWAYNE\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReverse  :the denomination (1\/2) and \nthe year 1870\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe item you are referencing is a historic \n19th-century Peruvian plantation token (known locally as a ficha de hacienda) \nissued in 1870 for use within the agricultural estates owned by Henry (Enrique) \nSwayne.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Issuer: Henry Swayne (1800–1877) was a \nprominent Scottish businessman who settled in Peru in 1824. He acquired and \nmodernized several coastal estates (haciendas).His primary operations were \nlocated in the Cañete Valley within the Lima Province. He operated four \ninterconnected plantations specializing in highly profitable cash crops: sugar \ncane and cotton\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp align=\"center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eDuring this period, remote Peruvian \nplantations suffered from a chronic shortage of official national currency. To \npay workers—many of whom were Chinese indentured laborers (\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cem class=\"eujQNb\" data-sfc-root=\"ep\" data-complete=\"true\" data-copy-service-computed-style=\"font-family: Google Sans, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: rgb(22, 23, 26); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(22, 23, 26);\" style=\"font-family: 'Google Sans', Arial, sans-serif; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: rgb(22, 23, 26); border-bottom: 0px none rgb(22, 23, 26); margin: 0px\"\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ecoolies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003e) \nand local farmers—haciendas minted private tokens. 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