Puerto Rico coffee and sugar cane plantation tokens

The definitive reference for Puerto Rico’s plantation tokens.

This comprehensive bilingual catalog is the most complete guide ever published on the coffee and sugar cane plantation tokens of Puerto Rico. Replacing all previous references—including those by Gould, Rohers, Vaiá, and Archilla—this monumental work stands as the authoritative resource for collectors, historians, and numismatists interested in the island’s economic and agricultural past.

Spanning 344 pages, the book features hundreds of detailed photographs, historical illustrations, and descriptions of over 600 tokens, along with extensive contextual research. It includes:

• A complete list of 19th- and 20th-century plantations and their owners.
• Historical notes on the development of Puerto Rico’s coffee and sugar industries.
• A section on “mavericks” (unattributed tokens) and fantasy pieces.
• Grades of rarity and updated market values, published for the first time in over two decades.
• An introductory essay on the origin, manufacture, and use of plantation tokens, and their role in Puerto Rico’s rural economy between the 1870s and 1930s.

Written by an expert in Puerto Rican numismatics, this richly illustrated volume not only serves as a reference for identifying and valuing plantation tokens but also offers a window into the island’s labor, trade, and social history.

A must-have for collectors and researchers alike, this book solidifies its place as the premier catalog of Puerto Rican plantation tokens ever produced.