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Bahamas, CLARENCE TOWN, Edwin Rahming, brass, legend, rev. long island, 22mm (Lyall 54). Surface lightly pitted, otherwise fine, extremely rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £400
Ceylon, Estate tokens, Sabonadiere & Co. (2), task value 18 3/4 cents, obv. S & Co. between scroll work, rev. AMBEWATTE / MILLS / 1877, brass, 29mm; similar but rev. MADDEMA / MILLS / 1877, tin, 30mm (Prid. 86, 87; cf. Ford 285); A. & B. Scott & Co., task value 6d, obv. A. & B. SCOTT & Co. around a stags head, rev. COFFEE STORE 1859 around an elephant facing left, brass, edge grained, 29mm (Prid. 88; cf. Ford 285); C. S. & Co. (2), task value 4 1/2d, obv. C. Shand & Co, rev. GALLE; obv....
British North Borneo, Tenom Rubber Co., One Cent, uniface, TENOM RUBBER CO. LD. * around 1 / CENT, brass, 20mm (unpublished in Pridmore, not in W. J. Noble coll.) Good fine, extremely rare, perhaps the only recorded specimen £300-£400
British Guiana, PICKERSGILL, Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd, brass, 5 Cents c. 1900, obv. legend, rev. value, 21mm (Lyall 121; Prid. -). Fair with dark rough surface (probably having been buried), extremely rare, the only recorded example £200-£260
Ceylon, Colombo, coffee estate tokens, Darley Butler & Co. (2), obv. DARLEY.BUTLER & CO * around a radiate sun, rev. COLOMBO / 1860 / CEYLON, task value 9d, brass, 36mm; similar, task value 4 1/2d, 29mm (Prid. 27,28; cf. Ford 268); Dent Brothers & Co., uniface, GREAT / WESTERN / ESTATE, task value 9d, brass, 31mm (Prid. 29; cf. R. J. Ford, Lot 269); Pilo Fernando, 4 1/2d, obv. COFFEE PICKERS CHIT over Queen Victoria young head, rev. *PILO FERNANDO COLOMBO* around 4 1/2, copper, edge...
Swaziland, Heinrich Reinstorf, Missionary, 3 Pence, uniface, * H. REINSTORF * DWALENI around 3D, brass, 20mm. Good fine, extremely rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £380
Ceylon, Volkart Brothers, Oil Mill token, task value 18 3/4 cents, uniface, VOLKART BROTHERS * around MARADABA / MILLS within a plain circle, pierced as issued, brass, 45mm (Prid. 105; cf. Ford 291); J. Walker & Co, uniface, 74 (a control number) / J.WALKER & CO / KANDY, crudely pierced, brass, 33mm (Prid. 106; cf. Ford 291); G. Wall & Co. (4), task value 4 1/2d, obv. GW&Co monogram, rev. script C; similar, rev. script M, brass, 28mm (Prid. 107, 108; cf. Ford 292); similar, task value 2...
British North Borneo, Pitas Estate, 20 cents, obv. PITAS ESTATE, BRIT. NORTH BORNEO * around CADEI, rev. GOOD FOR / * 20 * / CENTS, bronze, 25mm (Prid. 60). Nearly very fine, extremely rare £200-£300
Jamaica, Boston Fruit Co. (6), all stamped B.F.CO, circular (4), brass, 18mm (Lyall 287); rev. countermarked H [Hermitage] (Lyall 289); rev. countermarked K [Kildare] (Lyall 290); rev. countermarked triangle of 3 stops (Lyall 291); octagonal, brass, 18mm (Lyall 292); square, brass, 19mm (Lyall 293); (cf. Roehrs 1183) [6]. Pierced as issued, generally very fine, rare, fourth very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £360
St Lucia, CASTRIES, Barnard, Sons & Company, coaling token, uniface, B (similar to the two previous lots, but different die var.), brass, 24mm (Lyall 463; Devaux Type --). Fine, rare (perhaps the only recorded specimen) £70-£90
Barbados, St James, Sir Philip Gibbes, copper Penny, 1792, by J. Milton, similar, but obv. from a different die, no stop in rev. legend, edge plain, 30mm (cf. Lyall 66; cf. Prid 15). Good very fine, very rare £240-£300
British North Borneo, Labuk British North Borneo (3); One Dollar, obv. LABUK BRITISH NORTH BORNEO * around 1 / DOLLAR within a beaded circle, rev. Chinese charcaters, copper, 29mm; similar, 50 CENTS, minute KB on rev. (only on the 50 cent tokens) 27mm; similar, 20 CENTS, 25mm (Prid. 39, 40, 41; W. J. Noble coll., Lot 1423) [3]. Set good extremely fine with much original colour, a few small spots present £80-£120
St Lucia, CASTRIES, Minvielle & Chastanet, coaling token, uniface, DAY M&C St. Lucia, brass, 28mm (Lyall 476; Devaux Type 10). Very fine with dark toning, very rare £100-150
British North Borneo, Labuk Planting Co. Ltd. (3), One Dollar, obv. THE LABUK PLANTING COMPANY LIMITED * around 1 / DOLLAR within a beaded boarder, rev. Chinese characters, copper, 29mm; similar, 50 CENTS, with minute KB on rev., 27mm; similar, 20 CENTS, with minute KB on rev., 25.5mm (Prid. 43, 45, 48; W. J. Noble coll., Lot 1425) [3]. Set good extremely fine, toned £80-£120
Hammer Price: £340
Southern Rhodesia, Gold Mining (?) Store tokens (2); uniface, TIGER REEF STORE around GOOD FOR 1/- GOODS within a plain circle, brass, 32mm; uniface, GOLDEN RIDGE CONCESSION STORE around GOOD FOR 6D GOODS, brass, 26mm; RHODESIA RAILWAYS (central design obliterated), employee identification or pay check, rev. stamped 257, brass, pierced near the edge, 28mm [3]. First two near very fine, last fair, all rare £80-£100
Malta, ‘Sherry Girl Tokens’, Flagship Music Hall (3), obv. FLAGSHIP / MUSIC HALL / FLORIANA, rev. PROPRIETORS - DALLI & BUTTIGIEG around a Royal Navy White Ensign, aluminium, 22mm, Lyall 1030); obv. incuse FS, rev. incuse number (92), aluminium, 16mm (Lyall 1031); uniface, incuse FS, aluminium, 18mm (Lyall 1032); Klondyke Music Hall, uniface, D.A. WOOD * FLORIANA * MALTA around KLONDYKE, aluminium, 24mm (Lyall 1042); Victoria Music Hall, obv. HALL under a musical score, rev. 138 STRADA...
St Eustatius, LOWER TOWN, Herman Gossling, Half-Bitt, legend and 1771 around value, rev. legend around grazing goose, brass, 20mm (Lyall 453; Prid. p.263, fig. 46; Scholten 1432). Very fine with some original colour, rare £200-£260
Martinique, Boutique Vive 1910, 50 Centimes, legend, rev. value, zinc, 25mm. Very fine, some surface corrosion, extremely rare £150-£200
Martinique, Boutique Vive 1910, 5 Centimes, legend, rev. value, zinc, 25mm. Very fine, some surface corrosion, extremely rare £150-£200
Ceylon, Kandy; Keir Dunas & Co. (3), task value 4 1/2d, obv. KD & Co monogram, rev. full rig sailing ship, brass, 27mm; obv. similar, rev. a elephant facing left; obv. similar, rev. a tortoise facing left (Prid. 52, 53, 54; cf. Ford 277) [3]. First and last good extremely fine with some original colour, second nearly extremely fine, all with some minor stains, the last two pierced near the edge as issued £100-£150
Hammer Price: £320
West Indies, Slave Badge, perhaps a travel pass or permit to work on a hired out basis, a uniface copper sheet, 43 x 42mm, with a naive hand engraved African head. As made with some creases and pierced as issued, presumed to be extremely rare £200-£300
Ceylon, Estate tokens, M.D.D. & Co, 4 1/2d, obv. M.D.D.&Co., rev. 41/2d, copper, 24mm (Prid. 72; cf. Ford 282); obv. MG, rev. FULL, brass, 34mm; obv. MG, rev. HALF and stamped incuse O, 28mm (Prid. 73, 74; cf. Ford 282); D. P. Perera, 19 cents, obv. D.P.P. & Co., rev. 19 / CENTS, brass, 23mm (Prid. 78; cf. Ford 282) [4]. First and last very fine, others nearly fine, with surface corrosion £100-£150
Malta, Card Tokens used during World War II, Captain A. Caruana, obv. I. O. U. / 3d. / CAPT. A CARUANA (initialled by hand GC by Guido Caruana), rev. Capt. A. Caruana / 12 Kindsway / Valetta (Lyall 1075); Charles Grech, obv. CHARLES GRECH / 10, KINGSWAY-VALETTA /3D within a circle / IOU, rev. similar but no IOU (Layall 1081); Monico Bar, uniface, MONICO BAR / I.O.U. / 3d / p.p. Buttigieg Bros. & Co. the last line applied with a rubber stamp (Lyall 1084); White Star Cabaret, obv. White Star...
Falkland Islands, Globe Hotel, Three Pence, obv. GLOBE HOTEL STANLEY, rev. 3D within a laurel wreath, copper, 27mm (Relau EF 2). Nearly very fine, extremely rare, perhaps only 3 or 4 specimens known £200-£300
Ceylon, Various tokens (6); obv. PANAWATTEE ESTATES around SHOP, rev. 50 CTS, brass, 29mm; Ceylon Co. Ltd. (Prid. 17) pierced and rev. countermarked incuse 142; Ceylon Co. Ltd. (Prid. 18) pierced and rev. countermarked incuse 90; M.A.M.Co. both sides, brass, 21mm; Ceylon Geo. VI, 1 cent. rev. plained smooth and engraved ornate 2, pierced [5]. First extremely fine, forth about fine and rare, others generally very fine £60-£80
British North Borneo, Labuk Planting Co. Ltd. (3), 50 Cents, THE LABUK PLANTING COMPANY LIMITED *, rev. Chinese characters, minute KB near the edge, nickel, thick flan, 27mm (Prid. 46); similar, appears to be nickel plated brass (Prid. - ); similar, minute KB on obv., 25.5mm (Prid. 48) [3]. All nearly extremely fine or better, rare £100-£150
British North Borneo, Labuk Planting Co. Ltd. (4), One Dollar, obv. THE LABUK PLANTING COMPANY LIMITED * around 1 DOLLAR within a beaded circle, rev. Chinese characters, copper, 29mm; similar, 50 CENTS, minute KB near the edge on both sides, 25.5mm; similar, 20 CENTS, minute KB on rev., 25.5mm; similar, 20 CENTS, Chinese character legend ‘error’, no KB, 25.5mm (Prid. 43, 48, 50, last with rev. as Prid. 41) [4]. Near very fine, third better £80-£100
British North Borneo, Sandakan Tobacco Co. (2), One Dollar, obv. SANDAKAN TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED * around 1 / Dollar within a beaded boarder, rev. Chinese characters, appears to be nickel plated copper, 29mm; similar, 50 CENTS, copper, 29mm (cf. Prid. 64, Prid. 65) [2]. First good very fine and rare, second nearly extremely fine £100-£150
Mauritius, Society for Protection of Cruelty to Animals, 1938, obv. SPCA MAURITIUS around a cross within a beaded circle, rev. RECD. NO. / 194378 / 1938 cupro-nickel, 30mm, Mauritius Society (?), obv. MRSAA as a complicated monogram within a floral design, rev. 25 (cents?), cupro-nickel, 27mm; Z... (?), obv. Z / MAURITIUS, rev. 5 (cents?), copper, 18mm [3]. All very fine £50-£70
Trinidad, LA CARRIERE, Trinidad Leaseholds. Ltd., uniface rectangular, employee identification tag, legend and incuse 1501 (the employee number), aluminium, 51 x 27mm (Lyall 512). Very fine, some surface corrosion, pierced as issued, extremely rare, the only recorded specimen £200-£300
British Guiana, PICKERSGILL, Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd, brass, Dollar c. 1900, obv. legend, rev. value, 38mm (Lyall 117; Prid. -). Very fine, rare £90-£120
British Guiana, Communion Token, St. Saviour’s, BERBICE, c. 1856, white metal, legend both sides, 27 x 19mm (Lyall -). Some tin pest on both sides, otherwise very fine or better, extremely rare £300-£400
Antigua, ST JOHN’S, Hornal & Coltart, copper Farthing, 1836, similar, obv. countermarked with incuse 4, 22mm (Lyall 5; cf. Prid. 1). Coin worn with slight surface pitting, countermark very fine, rare £80-£100
St Eustatius, LOWER TOWN, Herman Gossling, One Bitt, legend and 1771 around value, rev. legend around grazing goose, brass, 23mm (Lyall 452; Prid. p.263, fig. 45; Scholten 1432). Very fine, rare £200-£260
Turks & Caicos Islands, J.N. Reynolds, Six-and-a-Quarter Cents, DELIVER BEARER 6 1/4 IN VALUE both sides, cast brass, 19.5mm (Lyall 519; Prid. -). Fair, with corroded surface, later lacquered, and some edge damage, extremely rare (perhaps only 2 others known) £500-£600
Hammer Price: £300
British North Borneo, Tenom Rubber Co. (4), One Dollar, uniface, TENOM RUBBER CO. LD. * around 1 / DOLLAR / M (M = Menggatal Estate), octagonal, cupro-nickel, 30mm; similar, 50 CENTS, 26mm; similar, 50 CENTS, no M (Padas Valley Estate), 25mm; 5 CENTS, round, brass, 25mm (Prid. lists only the 5 Cent, 71, others unlisted; cf. W. J. Noble coll., Lot 1434) [4]. Generally good fine £100-£150
Washington & Fanning Islands, Washington & Fanning Islands, 12 1/2 cents check, c. 1910, obv. WASHINGTON & FANNING ISLANDS around CHECK, rev. GOOD FOR 12 1/2 CENTS, aluminium, 20mm. About very fine with some surface staining, extremely rare, perhaps only 3 specimens recorded £300-£400
British North Borneo, Borneo Labuk Tobacco Co. Ltd., 20 Cents, obv. BORNEO LABUK TOBACCO COMPANY LIMITED * around 20 CENTS within a beaded circle, rev. Chinese characters (different to those on Prid. 37), tin, 19mm (cf. Prid. 37). Nearly very fine, some surface corrosion, very rare £100-£150
Trinidad, CUESA VALLEY, Tucker’s Valley Estate, One Task, TUCKER’S VALLEY ESTATE 1 TASK, rev. incuse W.T (Wm. Tucker) brass, milled edge, 34mm (Lyall 514). Very fine with some obv. distortion due to countermark on the rev., very rare £150-£200
Trinidad, CUESA VALLEY, Tucker’s Valley Estate, One Rod, uniface, TUCKER’S VALLEY ESTATE 1 ROD, brass, milled edge, 24mm (Lyall 515). Very fine with dull surface, very rare £100-£150
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