COLOMBIA 1921 2 CENTAVOS LAZARETO LEPROSARIO COLONIA LEPROSA AGUA DE DIOS

 COLOMBCOLOMBIA 1921 2 CENTAVOS LAZARETO LEPROSARIUM COIN LEPER COLONYIA 1921 2 CENTAVOS LAZARETO LEPROSARIUM COIN LEPER COLONY.

PRECIO $ 70.000

COLOMBIA 1921 2 CENTAVOS

 LEPROSARIUM Lepar Colony Coin

LEPROSARIUM COINAGE

Special coinage for use in the three government leper colonies (Lazareto is Spanish) of Agua de Dios, Cano de Lord, and Contratacion.
The hospitals were closed in the late 1950s and patients were allowed to exchange these special coins for regular currency at any bank.

TOKEN

MONEDA COLOMBIA

2 CENTAVOS 1921 LAZARETO

BOGOTA CUPRONIQUEL

CAT 541

KM#L10
Material: Cobre-níquel
Diametro: 18.8mm.

Anverso: cruz circular Leprosarium. Fecha inferior

. Reverso: denominación centrada entre corona de laurel.

Canto liso

acunacion 350.000

La tercera emisión de monedas para los lazaretos fue ordenada bajo el mandato del presidente 

Marco Fidel Suárez (1918–1921).

El decreto Nº 2209 de 1918 ordenó la emisión de monedas de 1, 2 y 5 centavos y el Nº 68 de enero de 1919 de monedas de 10 y 50 centavos. Se dispuso que las monedas de los lazaretos se hicieran en cuproníquel y llevarían las mismas denominaciones que las de circulación nacional, eliminando las letras P.M. y pasando de peso a centavo. La acuñación fue por un total de $100 000.

Leprosy colony money

Leprosy colony money was special money which circulated only in leprosy sanatoriums due to the fear that the leprosy bacteria would infect other people. Leprosy, however, is in fact not easily transmitted by casual contact, and such transmission as there is only happens through long term, constant and intimate contact with leprosy sufferers and not contact with everyday objects used by sufferers.

LEPROSY COLONY MONEY

The original idea of leprosy colony money was the prevention of leprosy in healthy persons. In 1938, Dr. Gordon Alexander Ryrie in Malaysia proved that the paper money was not contaminated with leprosy bacteria and all the banknotes were burned in that country.[

 The first special money

The oldest special money known was made in 1901 for use in three leper colonies of Colombia, called Agua de Dios, Cano de Loro and Contratacion. 5 kinds of coins were known, with 2.5 Centavos, 5 Centavos, 10 Centavos, 20 Centavos, and 50 Centavos. "Republica de Colombia 1901" was engraved. These coins were issued after the first leprosy congress in Berlin in 1897.