Gibraltar, Cruzada Independiente San Jorge, Circulo Recreativo, recreation club tokens or checks (3), obv. CIRCULO RECREATIVO GIBRALTAR around mining tools, rev. CRUZADA INDEPENDIENTE SAN JORGE around a wreath in which is a cross with a smaller cross in each angle; cupro-nickel, 31mm (Lyall 1221; R. J. Ford 91); similar, brass, 31mm (Lyall 1222); similar, cupro-nickel, 24mm (Lyall 1223) [3]. First good very fine, second fine, but an unofficial central hole, last nearly very fine, rare £150-£200

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 bt. Paul Withers, 1889; second bt. eBay, 2007; last bt. Format 1992

The use of these tokens or checks is unknown, but the depiction of mining tools suggest it was a miners recreation club from the days the tunnels were cut in the rock