World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Gibraltar, Sanitary Commissioners, pre-payment checks (9), obv. Castle over S.C.G. / 1 / GAL., rev. 01 / CT., black vulcanite, 26mm; obv. similar but 100 / Gals., rev. 65 / CTS., hardened red wax, 25mm; obv. castle over S.C.G. / R. 10 W. / GALS, rev. 2 PENCE / STG., octagonal, cream vulcanite, 25mm; similar but obv. 25 GALS., rev. 4 PENCE, octagonal, orange vulcanite, 25mm; similar but obv. 50 GALS., rev. 7 1/2 PENCE, octagonla, brown vulcanite, 25mm; similar but obv. 100 GALS., rev. 15 PENCE, octagonal, red vulcanite, 25mm; obv. castle over S.C.G., rev. 5/-, octagonal, yellow plastic, 25mm; obv. similar, rev. 10/-, octagonal, red plastic, 25mm; obv. castle over S.C.G. / ONE DAY, rev. CARRIAGE / STAND / W. P. ARMS, dark blue hardened wax, 28mm (Lyall 1246 to 1254) [9]. Very fine or better, 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: The first two and last ex The Gibrlatar Museum, 1988, the others from various dealers between 1996 and 2007

These pre-payment checks were used for the purchase of water. The first two date from between 1865 and 1898 when British currency officially replaced centimos ratings and were used beginning in 1898 to at least 1930. The Sanitary Commissioners were appointed in 1865 after an epidemic killed 572 people in a three month period. The function of the Commissioners was to keep Gibraltar clean and safe from plugue and pestilence