Jamaica, Checks, Tickets and Tokens, KINGSTON, William Smith, copper Penny [1829], legend, rev. arms and supporters, 29mm, 9.16g/6h; copper Halfpenny [1829], legend, rev. value, 21.5mm, 4.47g/6h (Lyall 162, 163; Prid. 132, 133; Spink Tn1, 4) [2]. First about extremely fine, second fine £60-80

Provenance: *First bt G. Hearn 1965; second bt D. Engelbert 1966.

William Smith, a merchant with interests in Jamaica and England, ordered his tokens from Matthew Robinson Boulton in Soho in 1829