The COINEX Sale: Important British, Italian and World Coins

British Honduras, British Honduras, Corozal, [William] J[ones and David] Y[oung], Three-Halfpence, 1875, 3.63g/12h (Lyall 131; Prid –; R.J. Ford Sale, –; Batty 2304). Good fine, dark-toned, very rare (£250-300)

Provenance:
Croydon Coin Auction 175, lot 314 (part)
DNW Auction 71, 28 September 2006, lot 1152.

William John Jones (†August 1883, aged 53) and David Alexander Young had retail premises in Corozal; their business is thought to have been founded on 25 October 1875, the date on the token. Both partners had sugar plantations in Corozal (Lyall, p.45)