26 mm, 4.38 g, brass face value "7 mese" meaning "7 meals", inside, between two horizontal line segments, inscription "Cantina" meaning "Canteen"	inscription UCM Reşiţa in the middle, horizontal line, above and below half of a gear

In 1771, the first two blast furnaces (called "Josephus" and "Franziskus") and a forge began operating in Reşiţa. Since then, the metallurgical and machine-building plants in Reşiţa have developed almost continuously and it is believed that they have never stopped (fully) since the early beginnings to the present day. As a result, in 2024, the locals celebrated - with pride - 253 years of unquenched fire in Reşiţa.

During the interwar period, the company "Uzinele de Fier şi Domeniile Reşiţa" (Iron Works and Reşiţa Domains) operated. This was, of course, nationalized in 1948 by the communist regime.

In 1962 the name became "Uzina Constructoare de Maşini Reşiţa" (Machine Building Plant Reşiţa), which changed in 1973 to "Întreprinderea de Construcţii de Maşini" (Machine Building Enterprise) [1]. It should be noted that on a service card from UCM Reşiţa dating from 1977 (on sale on "Okazii.ro" sales website in 2024) it is written: "Uz. de Construcţii de Maşini" (Machine Building Plant).

In 2024, "Uzina Constructoare de Maşini Reşiţa S.A." (Reşiţa Machine Building Plant S.A.) was purchased by "Uzina de Construcţii Maşini Hidroenergetice S.R.L." (Hydroenergetic Machine Building Plant LLC, established in 2024, and owned by Hidroelectrica, a Romanian state-owned company) [2].

Numerous locomotives were built in Reşiţa (the first in 1872, steam-powered, called Resicza). Also here, at "Întreprinderea Constructoare de Maşini Reşiţa" (Reşiţa Machine Building Enterprise), the first Romanian steam turbine was built - AP 3 - which entered service in 1953 [3].

Considering the inscription UCM on the token, it could have been used after 1962.

References

1. * * *, Istorie şi evoluţie. UCM Reşiţa - evoluţia şi dezvoltarea istorică. UCM Reşiţa S.A., accesat decembrie 2024.

2. Biroul de presă al Hidroelectrica S.A., Hidroelectrica preia UCM Resita S.A., Hidroelectrica, publicat pe 11-03-2024, accesat decembrie 2024.

3. Creţa G., Turbine cu abur şi gaze. Editura Didactică şi Pedagogică, Bucureşti, 1981.