The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens

St Lucia, B.S., uncertain attribution, brass tallies (4), all stamped B.S., rev. stamped 86 (or 98), round; 96, octagonal; 97, shield-shaped; 1899, heart-shaped (Lyall 529-32, these pieces) [4]. Generally fine, pierced as issued £60-£80

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens.

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Hans Schulman/Abner Kreisberg Auction, 18-20 June 1971, lot 1713A; R.J. Ford Collection, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 689; W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 384; E. Roehrs Collection, DNW Auction 95, 14 February 2012, lot 1329

These four pieces were reputed to be from St Lucia. There was a Bernard Stretch, a planter, at Soufriere in St Lucia in 1899, but there was no-one with these initials on the voter list for Castries in 1900.