World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, Atlantic Fruit Co, brass (28), all stamped a.f.co, different styles, some with dc [Doctors’ Cove], mb [? Montego Bay] and m8 post-1931 countermarks, punch and drill holes, all 20mm (Lyall 220 (2, one with V countermark on reverse), 221, 222, 223 (3), 224, 225, 226, 227, 228 (2), 229, 231, 233, 234, 235, 236 (2), 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243; Ford 631; Tankersley 331) [28]. Generally fine £50-70

Provenance: Several bt R. Brandon.

Atlantic Fruit Co, founded in 1905 by Joseph di Giorgio, became a limited liability concern in 1923 and was sold to the Banana Co Ltd of Jamaica, a subsidiary of Standard Fruit & Steamship Co, in 1931