Auction Catalogue
Danish West Indies, Coaling Tokens, Hamburg-Amerika Paketenfahrt AG, tin bracteate 20 Cents, insignia over value, 39mm, 3.52g (Sømod 4671; Lyall 8, this piece). Extremely fine, of the highest rarity
£500-1,000
Provenance: O.P. Eklund Collection.
The Hamburg-Amerika steamship line, founded in 1847, based their local operations in St Thomas from 1873 but had ceased their coaling operations by 1916
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