The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens

Bahamas, NASSAU, The British Colonial Hotel, c. 1935, palm tree dividing B C, rev. crown over panel stamped 1725, brass, 32mm (Lyall 10); Dirty Dick’s Lucky Piece, c. 1920, legend over cornucopiae, rev. legend around sun, octagonal, brass, 36mm (Lyall 30) [2]. First very fine, second near very fine, both scarce £100-£150

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

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The British Colonial Hotel, formerly the New Colonial Hotel, which had opened in 1923, was acquired by Sir Henry Oake in 1934.
Dirty Dick’s, a hotel bar on Bay Street, Nassau, in the 1920’s and 1930’s, was later converted into a nightclub.