World Tokens

Danish West Indies, Merchant Tokens, A. Burnet, uniface brass 5 Cents (before September 1887), legend around value, back countermarked mxslr over a decorative line raised within a rectangular indent, 20mm, 2.51g (Sømod 4607; Higgie 406). About very fine, extremely rare £300-500

Auguste Burnet, merchant and innkeeper, Charlotte Amalie, was ironically a member of the committee formed to forbid the use of tokens in 1889