Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection

Medals, Puerto Rico, Porto Rico Shrine Club, a U.S.A. Morgan Dollar, obv. planed and engraved (Clarence M. Dunbar, Imperial Potentate, from Porto Rico Shrine Club, Feb. 3. 1928, 1635), 37mm. Very fine £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the Caribbean from the late Raymond Brandon Collection.

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Provenance: Bt P. Bosco 1997.

The Porto Rico Shrine Club is believed to be the Al Rai`e Saleh Shriners [The Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine] in San Juan. The recipient of the coin is, most likely, Clarence M. Dunbar, treasurer, general manager and director of the Seamless Wire Company of Providence, R.I., manufacturers of seamless rolled gold wire, plate and tubing