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CFR Consumption Store / Romanian Railways tokens |
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octagon, 24x24 mm, brass Obverse: denomination value "1 Kgr. PÂINE" meaning "1 kilogram of bread", outer pearl border, incuse MC monogram (standing for Magasinul de consum, Consumption store) |
Reverse: inscription "MAGASINUL DE CONSUM CFR" meaning "CFR CONSUMPTION STORE", below the name of the engraver, CARNIOL FIUL meaning "CARNIOL SON", outer pearl border |
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octagon, 26x17 mm, 2.78 g, brass face value 1 LEU, adornment | octagon, 26x17 mm, 2.95 g, brass
face value 4 LEI, adornment |
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| three rows inscription DEVA CFR GARA, adornment | three rows inscription DEVA CFR GARA, adornment |
CFR stands for Căile Ferate Române (= Romanian Railways), the state railway carrier, which existed under this name between 1880 and 1998.
The Romanian Railways, established in 1880, owned a Consumption Store that used various tokens - e.g. for bread, meat or firewood. The general appearance and the spelling seem to suggest a dating of the token in the period before the First World War.
In 1941 the firm owned by engraver Mauriciu Carniol (Carniol son, 1866-1945) was located in Bucharest, Carol Street 24.
Nothing is known about the CFR Deva Gara tokens, nor why they are perforated, nor what the very unusual value of 4 lei could have been used for.
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