Token 27 – South Africa – H.K. Green & Co. Ltd., Wine Merchants, Cape Town – Trade Token

Token 27 – South Africa – H.K. Green & Co. Ltd., Wine Merchants, Cape Town – Trade Token

Original commercial token associated with H.K. Green & Co. Ltd., Wine Merchants, Cape Town, South Africa.

The token bears the name of the established wine-merchandising company “H.K. GREEN & CO. LTD.”, together with “WINE MERCHANTS” and “CAPE TOWN”, clearly identifying both the business and its place of operation.

H.K. Green & Co. Ltd. belonged to Cape Town’s historic wine and spirits trade, and a token bearing the company’s full commercial name is an attractive piece of South African trade and commercial exonumia. Such privately issued pieces provide a tangible connection to the businesses and everyday commercial activity of historic Cape Town.

The combination of a clearly identified company, profession and city makes this an especially interesting piece for collectors of South African tokens, Cape Town history, wine-merchants’ tokens and commercial exonumia.

A distinctive original example of South African private trade-token currency, with strong historical appeal for collectors interested in the wine trade and the commercial history of Cape Town.