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Jamaica, KINGSTON, Louis Winkler & Son, Halfpenny, c. 1912, aluminium, 19mm (Lyall 213; cf. Prid. 156). As struck with some surface corrosion on obverse, extremely rare £300-£400
This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens.
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Louis Winkler (1849-1929) arrived in Jamaica in 1881 and earned a living repairing and tuning keyboards; in 1884 he opened the first music shop on the island. His son, Louis B. Winkler (1889-1955) joined the business in 1908. The tokens were manufactured by Quints & Sons, Philadelphia, PA, and were used between 1908 and 1920.
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