World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, Ballards Valley Estate (St Mary), zinc (2), both stamped r, both 29mm, 1.90g, 1.87g (Lyall 283; Ford 634; Tankersley 336); octagonal aluminium, zinc and tin-plated, all stamped g, 27 x 25mm, 27 x 22mm, 26 x 26mm, 1.83g, 0.75g, 1.90g (Lyall 284; Ford 634; Tankersley 336); H.A. Bolton (Portland), uniface brass, stamped h.a.b., 21mm, 2.58g (Lyall 286; Ford 636, this piece; Tankersley –) [6]. Generally fine, last pierced by Standard Fruit Co in the 1930s and scratched on the back but very rare £40-60

Provenance: *Last R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 636; others bt R.A. Brandon.

Ballards Valley Estate; the letters r and g may relate to R.O. Girling who acquired the estate in 1948. Henry A. Bolton, recorded as owner of the Hart Hill 1 estate in 1905