World Tokens

Danish West Indies, Coaling Tokens, St Thomas Dock, Engineering & Coaling Co Ltd, copper 5 Cents, s.t.d.c., rev. value, 20mm, 2.73g (Sømod 24.702, attribution not certain). Extremely fine £30-40

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1070.

The St Thomas Dock, Engineering & Coaling Co Ltd was formed from the amalgamation of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co and the St Thomas Dock Co in 1909