Selections from the Isaac Rudman West Indies Collection

Turks & Caicos Islands, COCKBURN HARBOUR, J.N. Reynolds, cast brass Twelve-and-a-Half Cents, 21mm, 5.94g/6h (Lyall 518; Prid. –; Ford –; Tankersley –). Obverse fine, reverse partly flat, fair, extremely rare; only two specimens known £600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Coins, Tokens and Medals of the West Indies from the Isaac Rudman Collection.

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E. Roehrs Collection, DNW Auction 95, 14 February 2012, lot 1300 [from C. Plante 1993]

John Ney Reynolds (d. 1890, aged c. 65) was involved in the Newfoundland lumber trade before migrating to Grand Turk island, where he was in business as a salt raker and exporter from about 1865; his business was sold to Alfred Stubbs in 1883.