Gibraltar, Robert Keeling, currency tokens (4), Two Quarts, obv. PAYABLE AT R KEELINGS / GIBRALTER around a depiction of the Rock, rev. VALUE TWO QUARTS 1802 around castle gateway under which is a suspended key, copper, 31mm (Lyall 1230; Prid. 17); One Quart, similar but VALUE ONE QUART, copper, 22mm (Lyall 1231; Prid. 20); Two Quartos, obv. PAYABLE AT ROBERT KEELING & SON’S GIBRALTAR around a lion holding a key, rev. VALUE TWO QUARTOS around castle gateway over 1810, copper, 28mm (Lyall 1232; Prid. 18); One Quarto, similar but VALUE ONE QUARTO, copper, 21mm (Lyall 1233; Prid. 21; R.J. Ford 85) [4]. Fine to very fine, rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: first two bt. Schwer, 1985; last bt. A.H. Baldwin & Sons, 1986

Robert Keeliing was described as an ironmonger in the 1791 census. In 1813 he owned a wine house. The tokens were seemingly issued as there was a shortage of small value coins in the early 19th Century