World Tokens

Danish West Indies, Merchant Tokens, O. Ffrench & Co, uniface oval brass 10 Cents (before September 1887), name above value, 33 x 18mm, 3.72g (Sømod 4601; Higgie 424). Flan slightly bent, otherwise very fine, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen £1,000-2,000

Provenance: J.-C. Holm Collection; Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 20 July 2005 (701).

Oscar A. French, merchant, Dronningensgade 25, Charlotte Amalie, succeeded in business by Christopher Alfred Daniel & Co