Auction Catalogue

14 February 2012

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World Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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№ 1018 x

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14 February 2012

Hammer Price:
£50

Bahamas, NASSAU, Dirty Dick’s, octagonal brass check, c. 1920, legend over cornucopiæ, rev. legend around sun, 36mm, 14.43g/6h (Lyall 30; Spink Tn8). Spot of verdigris on lower obverse and many associated surface marks, otherwise very fine £50-70

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 25.

Dirty Dick’s, a hotel bar on Bay street in the 1920s and 1930s