World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Gibraltar, R & J Abrines, advertising check, name and TRADE MARK on a garter around man seated on a camel with an umbrella smoking a pipe, rev. legend in six lines, c. pre 1889, brass, milled edge, 29mm (Lyall 1201; Prid. 554; R.J. Ford 89). Good very fine with some surface staining, rare £80-£100

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. J. Schimmel, 1986

The company was formed by Richard and John Abrines in 1855. They were wholesale and retail grocers, wine & spirit dealers, bakers and contractors to the Admiralty