World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Jamaica, ST. DOROTHY, Kelly’s Estate, Marquis of Sligo, Six Pence, name abve value, rev. PAYABLE ... EACH FRIDAY EVENG 6 O’CLOCK, white metal, 30.5mm (Lyall 160; Prid. 148; Roehrs 1230). About extremely fine, central hole as issued, extremely rare £800-£1,000

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

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Provenance: Glendining Auction, 21-22 September 1981, Lot 130, The Pridmore collection.

Howe Peter Browne, 2nd Marquis of Sligo, KP, PC (1788-1845), formerly styled Viscount Westport and Earl of Altamont, acquired Kelly’s Estate, a sugar plantation, some time before his appointment as the Governor-general and Vice-Admiral of Jamaica in 1834. It would seem that the tokens were used to pay the newly-emancipated slaves on a weekly basis (Lyall p.62)