Turks & Caicos Islands, J.N. Reynolds, Twenty-Five Cents, DELIVER BEARER 25 IN VALUE both sides, cast brass, 28mm (Lyall 517; Prid. [Jamaica] 157 -). Very fine, extremely rare (perhaps only 2 others known) £500-£600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: ex K. V. Eckardt, 1986

John Ney Reynolds was involved in the Newfoundland lumber trade before migrating to Grand Turk Island, where he was in business as a salt harvester and exporter from c. 1865; his business was sold to Alfred Stubbs in 1883