Important British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part II)

Natal, Durban, Martha, card brothel tokens (2), both with brass casings on obv., the revs. imitating a French 20 Francs [one missing] (Hern 350a; Theron N21; Ford –) [2]. Fine, very rare (£100-150)

Obverse of one only illustrated. Martha’s brothel, at 70 Fountain lane, said by one source to be “the most famous of all houses of ill fame” and frequented by Australian troops who disembarked at Durban, is believed to have been shut down by the authorities in 1917