World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Jamaica, Dingwall Estate (St. Mary), uniface, incuse SD, rectangular with bevelled corners, aluminium, 28 x 22mm (Lyall 302; cf. Roehrs 1187); Drax Hall Estate (3), all uniface, incuse DH, brass, 23mm (Lyall 303; cf. Roehrs 1187); incuse D, square with bevelled corners, copper 26mm (Lyall 304; cf. Roehrs 1187); incuse W, square with bevelled corners, copper, 28mm (Lyall 305; cf. Roehrs 1187); unknown issuer, incuse F, aluminium, 26mm (Lyall 306; cf. Roehrs 1187); unknown issuer (the consignor believes this could be Bernard Lodge Estate), incuse WR, copper, crudely circular, 22-24mm (Lyall - )[6]. Generally fine, some crudely hand made £40-£60

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

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Dingwall Estate was owned by E.K. Bonner Shekell. The letters on the tally stand for Shekell and Dingwall. The Drax Hall tallies were obsolete by 1977; DH stands for Drax Hall, D for Drax, but the meaning of the W is unknown. The issuer of the tally with incuse F is unknown, but they were found in St. Mary