Auction Catalogue

14 February 2012

Starting at 2:00 PM

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World Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 1131 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£1,400

Danish West Indies, Merchant Tokens, O. Ffrench & Co, uniface oval brass 10 Cents (before September 1887), name above value, 33 x 18mm, 3.72g (Sømod 4601; Higgie 424). Flan slightly bent, otherwise very fine, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen £1,000-2,000

Provenance: J.-C. Holm Collection; Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 20 July 2005 (701).

Oscar A. French, merchant, Dronningensgade 25, Charlotte Amalie, succeeded in business by Christopher Alfred Daniel & Co