World Tokens

St Lucia, Coaling Tokens, CASTRIES, Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, uniface brass, r.m.s.p. co. saint lucia, wreath below, 25.5mm, 5.57g (Lyall 496; Devaux type 9; Prid. 18; Ford 687; Tankersley 383). Central hole, good fine, rare £70-90

Provenance: J.K. McDowell Collection, Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1221, part).

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co established a private coal yard in 1883 but had ceased coaling operations on the island in 1919, by which time Minvielle & Chastanet were acting as their agents