World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, S.C. Burke (St Thomas), uniface brass, stamped s.c.b., 18mm, 2.10g (Lyall 300; Ford 640; Tankersley 340); Crescent Estates Ltd (St Mary), uniface aluminium (3), stamped 20 above c·e·ltd, 15 above c·e·ltd, 10 above c·e·ltd, all 32mm, 1.00g, 0.99g, 0.93g (Lyall 533, 534, 535; Ford 670 [= Tankersley 364]); Cuyamel Fruit Co, uniface brass, stamped c.f.c., 24mm, 3.42g (Lyall 301; Ford 641, this piece; Tankersley 341), uniface aluminium, similar, 24mm, 1.92g (Lyall 536; Ford 641, this piece; Tankersley 341) [6]. First with nail piercing, otherwise fine or better, mostly rare £70-90

Provenance: Lyall 300 bt R.A. Brandon; Lyall 301 and 536 R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 641.

Samuel Constantine Burke, proprietor of the Rhine Estate; Cuyamel Fruit Co, founded by Samuel Zemurray in South Dakota in 1911, acquired by the United Fruit Co in 1929