World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Jamaica, Uncertain location, Scottish Missionary Society, Communion token, obv. S.M.S, rev. THIS DO IN REMEMBRANCE OF ME, oval, white metal, 29 x 24mm (Lyall 207; Burzinski 6333; Roehrs 1238). Fine, extremely 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: Bt. 1991

The Scottish Missionary Society was founded in Jamaica in 1823, when a number of estate owners asked for a minister to be established in the island to instruct their slaves. In 1847 the society handed over their churches to the Synod of the United Presbyterian Church which later become the Presbyterian Church of Jamaica