by Viktor Khodzhayev (Author)
This Catalog of Telephone Tokens of South America presents the most comprehensive description and full color photographs of known South American phone tokens. It covers tokens from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Surinam, Uruguay and Venezuela circulated from the early twentieth century until these countries' phone companies introduced calling cards. The catalog contains descriptions of more than 230 South American telephone tokens from the author's collection and items provided by his fellow collectors from around the world. The catalog's most valuable feature is a well structured and consistent presentation that includes several physical parameters: diameter, thickness, weight, alignment and metal the token was made from. The author also includes the results of his research such as available historical data about issuing telephone companies and circulation patterns.