World Tokens

British Guiana, GEORGETOWN, Balgarnie & Co, Stiver, 1838, obv. countermarked j. walker, 33mm, 14.84g (Lyall 111 var; Prid. 60 var; KM. Tn2 var); Dog tax, brass check, 1876-7, crowned l, rev. stamped 138, 26mm, 5.17g (Lyall 115); together with George III, Stivers (3), all 1813, obvs. countermarked jw in frame, lloyds weekly newspaper three pence post free; rev. countermarked w.s. bliss (cf. Prid. 29) [5]. Second fine, others in varied state; third pierced and said to have been used as a gambling chip £30-40

Provenance: First bt P. Bosco August 1997; third bt C. Plante 1995; fourth A Collection of Coins of Demerary and Essequibo, Spink Auction 112, 5 March 1996, lot 99 (part).

Balgarnie & Co, liquor store and dry goods merchants, Water street