Jamaica, L. D. Baker Fruit Company (Port Antonio), uniface, incuse L.D.B. under makers name AMER.RY.S.CO. (American Railway Supply Inc), brass, 19mm (Lyall 280; Roehrs 1181). Pierced as issued, fine, very rare (reportedly 4 known); the earliest Jamaican fruit tally £100-£150

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

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Lerenzo Dow Baker (1840-1908) founded the company in 1880, buying bananas in the Port Antonio and Bowden areas and selling them in Boston. The business expanded into the Boston Fruit Co. in 1885 and, after a later merger, into the United Fruit Co. in 1899