World Tokens

Jamaica, Banana and Fruit Trade Work Tallies, Quebec Estate (St Mary), tin bracteate, stamped m [? Magnus] above ts, 26mm, 1.41g (Lyall 355; Ford 656, this piece; Tankersley –), octagonal tin bracteates (2), stamped mt, second with d on back, 26 and 24mm, 1.42g, 1.32g (Lyall 358 and variant; Ford 656, these pieces; Tankersley 352); tin bracteate, stamped tm, 29 x 26mm, 1.37g (Lyall 359; Ford 656, this piece; Tankersley –); R.W. or W.R. (St Catherine), uniface copper, stamped wr, 22mm, 4.16g (Lyall 360; Ford 657, this piece; Tankersley 352); Roslyn Estate (St Mary), octagonal copper bracteates (2), stamped r, c. 1969, 23 x 21mm, 22 x 20mm, 2.14g, 1.96g (Lyall 361; Ford 657, this piece; Tankersley –) [7]. Varied state £30-40

Provenance: Sixth bt R.A. Brandon; others R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lots 656, 657.

Quebec Estate, acquired by D.S. Magnus c. 1954. R.W. issues found on Bernard Lodge estate, a sugar plantation. Roslyn Estate, owned by Lester Goffe