World Tokens

Danish West Indies, Coaling Tokens, William Bronsted & Co, rectangular zinc bracteate One Cent, monogram over value, 58 x 38mm, 6.99g (Sømod 4666; Lyall 9; Lyall Sale 841). Very fine and extremely rare £900-1,200

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1074.

William Bronsted & Co were an independent agent for several steamship lines trading from prior to 1887, but had ceased trading by 1917