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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№ 1298 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£430

Trinidad, PORT OF SPAIN, Ice Establishment, uniface brass Twopence by J. Robbins, Boston, legend around value, name of maker stamped on back, 36mm, 9.42g (Lyall 502; Prid. –; Ford –; Tankersley –; Byrne 1190, this piece). Pierced as issued, extremely fine and extremely rare
£300-400

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1190.

Ice Establishment, 46-8 King street, proprietors C.L. Haley & Co, purveyors of ice, groceries, wines, spirits and drinks, established prior to 1869. By 1903 the business was known as Ice House