World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Trinidad, CUESA VALLEY, Tucker’s Valley Estate, One Task, uniface, TUCKER’S VALLEY ESTATE 1 TASK, brass, milled edge, 34mm (Lyall 513). Very fine with dull and slightly corroded surface, very rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: Jess Peters Auction 78, 13-14 June 1975, Lot XXX, The Ray Byrne coll.

The business was established by Mr W. Tucker as a coconut estate and first planted with coconut trees about 1885 and the tallies were used as labour tallies. The likely period of the token usage was shortly after 1885 to about 1905