World Tokens

St Lucia, Coaling Tokens, CASTRIES, Barnard, Sons & Co, uniface brass, thick b, 24mm, 3.36g (Lyall 461; Devaux type 21; Prid. 5 [Sale, lot 334, this piece]; Ford 676 [= Tankersley 373]). Very fine, rare £70-90

Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 21-2 September 1981, lot 334.

With the break-up of the Barnard Peter partnership, Samuel Barnard established himself in business with his sons in 1891; his tokens were used until the industry collapsed in 1944