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№ 1205 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£120

Jamaica, Checks, Tickets and Tokens, GOLDEN GROVE, Robert Kirkland, cupro-nickel Three-Halfpence, c. 1880, name around value, rev. legend, cancellation cross, 19.5mm, 2.43g/12h (Lyall 155; Prid. 142). Tarnished, fine £40-50

Robert Kirkland, merchant and general store owner, churchwarden and JP for St Thomas; the tokens were probably cancelled to show compliance with the Token Prohibition Law of 1883