World Tokens

Martinique, Uncertain attribution, uniface copper 5 (Centimes?) jeton, martinique above numeral punched out in stencil style, 23mm, 2.88g (Rulau 7; Byrne 931, this piece); together with a brass tool check, w.d. above broad arrow, martinique below, rev. spider f bk. rm. 36 in two lines, 25mm, 3.77g [2]. Fine, second holed as issued £30-40

Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 931; second bt C. Plante September 1989.

A spider is a term used for a gear-pulling tool