World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Jamaica, Crescent Estate Ltd., circumstantial evidence indicates these were issued by Crescent Estates Ltd. in St. Mary (3), uniface, 10 C.E. LTD; similar 15; similar 20, aluminium, 32mm (Lyall 533, 534, 535; cf. Roehrs 1186); Cuyamel Fruit Company (2), uniface, incuse C.F.C., brass, 24mm; similar, aluminium, 24mm (Lyall 301, 536; cf. Roehrs 1186) [5]. Generally fine, rare £80-£100

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

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As the Crescent Estate tallies are thought to predate the introduction of dollars and cents in Jamaica, the ‘values’ cannot by monetary and presumably refer to a tally of loads or perhaps pack sizes. The Cuyamel Fruit Compnay was incorporated in 1911 by Samuel Zemurray and was a major competitor to the United Fruit Co, who bought out Cuyamel for U.F.Co. shares in December 1929