World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Surinam, H. De La Fuente, Wagon Load, uniface, usage not identified, brass, 29mm (cf. Scholten 1445, where the diameter is listed as 23mm., this size could be an error). Extremely fine, with some original colour remaining, extremely rare, perhaps the only recorded specimen in this size £500-£600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: ex. K. V. Eckardt

Henriques de la Fuente, b. 28 February 1839, d. 8 August 1886; perhaps he operated a carting business