World Tokens

Miscellaneous, Uncertain attribution, B.S., brass tallies (4), all stamped b.s., backs stamped 86 (or 98, round), 96 (octagonal), 97 (shield shape), 1899 (heart-shape), 21mm, 2.56g, 19mm, 2.71g, 19 x 17mm, 2.27g, 27 x 23mm, 4.03g (Lyall 529-32, these pieces) [4]. Pierced as issued, fine and better £40-60

Provenance: Hans Schulman/Abner Kresiberg Auction, 18-20 June 1971, lot 1713A; R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 689; W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 384.

Said to be from St Lucia; possibly work tallies, but the numbers may be dates, in which case they could be license discs of some kind