Curaçao, WILLEMSTAD, Curacao Trading Co, uniface coaling token, c. 1900, incuse initials, zinc, 19mm (Scholten 1412); Jesurun & Co, 1 Stuiver [1874], JxCo, rev. value, German-Silver, 15mm (Scholten 1408); Leyba & Co. c.1880, LxC, rev. value, German-Silver, 15mm (Scholten 1410); J.J. Naar, 1 Stuiver [1874], J.J.N, rev. value, German-Silver, 15mm (Scholten 1409); S.E.L. Maduro & Sons, coaling token, a Lebya & Co 1 Stuiver, obv. countermarked incuse C, German-Silver, 15mm (Scholten 1410b); Parking token [1987], arms of Curacao, rev. P, copper, 13mm [6]. First and fifth fine with some corrosion, last as issued, others very fine £120-£150

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

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Provenance: first Baldwin Auctions, 12-13 October 1998, Lot 244, The Wm. Tankersley collection, fifth bt. C. B. Fox, 1984, others bt. 1976 and 2001

Jesurun & Co, proprietor Jacob Abraham Jesurun issued his tokens in 1874 and they were redeemed in November 1875; Samuel Elias Levy Maduro was in business in Willemstad from 1837; Jacob Jeosuah Naar owned several plantations and ran a snuff factory. His tokens also issued in 1874 were redeemed in December 1875 (Leonard, p.228)