The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 3, January 18, 2004, Article 23

MINT TOKENS

  Kavan Ratnatunga noticed a Royal Mint Token for sale
  recently.  The inscription is:   "Royal Mint Token / 10p
  [in circle] / Valid only within the Royal Mint Llantrisant"
  The seller wrote: "For obvious reasons the workers in the
  Royal Mint are not allowed to have coinage on their person
  whilst at work. Thus these tokens were issued for use in the
  canteen and the like."

  Do many mints around the world use similar tokens or
  script within their walls?   In a sense, these tokens would
  have a lot in common with prison money and Leper Colony
  tokens, used only within an institution where outside money
  is for one reason or another, forbidden.

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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