Indonesia 1891 10 Cents Brass Chinese Plantation Token

***This is an unusual 10 Cents brass token issued in 1891 in Sumatera, Indonesia, by a Chinese plantation company.

This token is unusual as most similar tokens come in the value of $1 while this one is worth only 10 cents and most similar tokens are uniface while this one has 4 Chinese characters on the Obverse.

Furthermore, this token is slightly smaller compared to those issued by German issuers.

Price = US$150

Indonesia 1890 $1 Brass Token BINDJEY UNTERNEHMUNG

***Yet another $1 brass token issued in 1890 in Sumatera, Indonesia by a German company called Bindjey Unternehmung.

And this token has a hole in the centre.

Why did these issuers have to issue token of various odd sizes and designs?

Price = US$100

Indonesia 1890 $1 Brass Token HESSA UNTERNEHMUNG

***Another $1 uniface brass German token from Indonesia issue by Hessa Unternehmung but it's dated 1890 and with an unusual shape of a pentagon.

I wonder why the issuers of these various German tokens in Sumatera, Indonesia during those days of yore took the hassle of creating tokens of diverse shapes & sizes.

This is the first time I have seen one in a pentagonal shape.

Price = US$100

Indonesia 1891 $1 Brass Token SOENGEI SERBANGAN UNTERNEHMUNG

***This is a $1 brass token issued by a private German company in year 1891 somewhere in Sumatera, Indonesia, where at that time Germany had an outpost.

This token bears the name Soengei Serbangan Unternehmung or rather Soengei Serbangan Enterprise.

It must have been made of brass, uniface, with plain edge but with an oval shape.

And it is valid for $1.

Price = US$100