World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, Seaverns & Co, uniface brass, stamped s&co, 19mm, 2.09g (Lyall 363; Ford 658; Tankersley 354); S. & H., uniface brass, stamped s.&h., 18.5mm, 2.02g (Lyall 364; Ford 658; Tankersley 354); S.S. Smith Co (Kingston), uniface brass (2, second pierced), stamped s.s.s., 18 and 19mm, 2.19g, 2.28g (Lyall 367; Ford 658; Tankersley 354); Standard Fruit & Steamship Co (Kingston and Port Morant), uniface brass (4), stamped standard, second countermarked p, all 20mm, 2.14g, 2.09g, 2.14g, 2.04g (Lyall 368, 368 variant, 369, 370; Ford 658; Tankersley 354); Stanton Estate (St Thomas), uniface brass, stamped se, 24mm, 7.39g (Lyall 372; Ford 659; Tankersley 355), octagonal iron bracteate, stamped m [Mordecai], 33 x 32mm, 3.15g (Lyall –; Ford 660; Tankersley –), uniface square aluminium, stamped m, 25mm, 1.60g (Lyall 374; Ford 660; Tankersley 355); Sunridge Farms Ltd, Jamaican regal Halfpence (3), 1952, 1958, 1965, all stamped s on revs., all 22mm, 4.33, 4.34, 4.43g (Lyall 375; Ford 661; Tankersley 355); Trinity Estate (St Mary), tin-plated octagonal iron bracteates (2, one pierced), both stamped with incuse r, 28 x 26mm, 29 x 25mm, 2.29g, 2.46g (Lyall 376; Ford 661; Tankersley 354); Tropical Fruit Corporation, 1923, aluminium, legend around date, rev. ftc, 21.5mm, 1.64g/6h (Lyall 377; Ford 661; Tankersley 356) [17]. Generally fine £50-70

Provenance: Lyall 363, 364, 367 pierced, 368 variant, 372, –, 374, two of 375 and both 376 bt R.A. Brandon; Lyall 370 bt D. Megill.

Seaverns & Co, shippers to Boston from Jamaica. S.S. Smith, banana traders and shippers from Port Antonio to the USA, fl. 1904-15. Standard Fruit & Steamship Co, formerly Vaccaro Bros, established 1924, acquired the Jamaican interests of Atlantic Fruit Co in 1931. Stanton Estate, proprietor Hannah Mordecai, relative of Ivanhoe Mordecai (see lot 1227). Trinity Estate, proprietor in 1977 Robert Braham. Tropical Fruit Corporation, Broadway, NY, proprietor Sam DiGiorgio