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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№ 1154 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£1,550

Danish West Indies, Merchant Tokens, C. Simmonds & Cia, white metal check (before 1892), c. simmonds & cia st thomas, rev. mercancias inglesas francesas alemanas y americanas, 31mm, 9.30g/12h (Sømod 4663; Higgie –). Light scuffing, otherwise about extremely fine, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen [Danish West Indies Museum Collection] recorded £900-1,200

Provenance: ‘Bostonian Collection’, Bank Leu Auction 51 (Zurich), 24-6 October 1990, lot 1234 (part).

C. Simmonds & Cia, general merchants, Charlotte Amalie