Commemorative, Historical and Art Medals

Jamaica, Portland House, a Haiti, Jean-Pierre Boyer, 100 Cents, AN 27 [1830], the fields once gilt, engraved at top of rev. (Portland House) (cf. KM. 23). Pierced, otherwise fine £60-80

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-15 June 1975, lot 785.

The Portland area is where Haitian refugees have traditionally landed in Jamaica (and indeed still do to this day). It is thought that Portland House could have been a hostel in Kingston