The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens

St Lucia, CASTRIES, James Burness & Sons, coaling tokens (3), uniface, brass, 30mm (Lyall 464; Devaux 20); coaling token, uniface, brass, 24mm (Lyall 465; Devaux 21) [4]. Very fine £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Tankersley Collection of West Indian Coins and Tokens.

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James Burness & Sons, headquartered in London, acquired the coaling business of Barnard & Sons in the mid-1930’s. It is reported that these tokens were also used as banana loading tallies, c. 1957. Tallies were used on fruit plantations and extensively used for loading and unloading coal onto or off ships in the harbour at Castries.