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CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): Leprosarium Tokens, 1 fen, ND (ca. 1980's), PCGS AU58

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / Chinese Coins - People's Republic Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): Leprosarium Tokens, 1 fen, ND (ca. 1980's), PCGS AU58
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CHINA (PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC): Leprosarium Tokens, 1 fen, ND (ca. 1980's), MGM-150, Qinhu Leprosy Hospital, opaque light red plastic token, circular with a central hole, tài xiàn qín hú yi yuàn ("Qin Lake Hospital, Tai County") above, denomination yi fen at center, and bìng yuán dài yòng quàn ("patient token") below // lower case Latin letters 'tqy' above in a small diamond which probably stands for Taixian Qinhu Yiyuan (Qinhu Hospital of Taixian), an exceedingly rare leprosarium token, PCGS graded AU58, ex Dr. Robert A. Rosenfeld Collection (SARC Auction 50, Lot 811). This series is published in "The Numismatic Aspects of Leprosy" by Roger R. McFadden, John Grost, and Dennis F. Marr (as nos. 150-154, pp. 19-20) and is among the last leprosarium tokens in the world. Qinhu Hospital (in today's Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province) was founded in the 1950's and at one point had 600 patients. Though leprosy is now curable and no longer faces the same social stigma it once carried, 45 elderly former patients still lived at the nearby "Leprosy Village" as of 2019 after having spent decades isolated from their family and society.