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24 January 2024
Jamaica, Unknown issuer, incuse A.E.B. monogram, uniface, brass, 26mm (Lyall 282 [Sale, lot 249]). About fine, slightly crinkled, very rare (reportedly 3 known) £80-£100
£80–£100
Jamaica, Boston Fruit Company, banana tallies (4), brass, all pierced as issued (Lyall 287, 290, 292-3); Ballards Valley Estate, banana tallies (3), zinc (Lyall 283, 284, 284 var.); Brimmer Hall Estate, banana tallies (3), iron (2) and aluminium (Lyall 295-7); Augustus A. Brown, banana tallies (2), uniface, brass (Lyall 298-9); Samuel C. Burke, banana tally, uniface, brass, 18mm (Lyall 300) [13]. Generally fine or better, some rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £100
Jamaica, MONTEGO BAY, Fletcher & Co. Ltd, banana tallies (4), 1928 (2, brass and aluminium), 1932 (2, brass and aluminium), each 27mm (Lyall 307-10) [4]. Nearly very fine to extremely fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £30
Jamaica, MONTEGO BAY (?), W. & R. Fletcher Ltd, brass 4 Shillings, 1 Shilling, 11 Pence (2), 2 Pence, and Half Penny (Lyall –; Rulau –) [6]. Very fine or better, rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £55
Jamaica, Frontier Estate, banana tallies (2), frontier, with black background, uniface, aluminium, oval, 32 x 19mm (Lyall 315); incuse FR on uniface flan of a Jamaican Halfpenny where the design has been machine-turned off, nickel-brass, 23mm (Lyall 316); Cuyamel Fruit Company, banana tally, uniface, incuse C.F.C., serrated border both sides, brass, 25mm (Lyall 301); John B. Goffe, banana tallies (2), uniface, incuse J.B.C., beaded border both sides, octagonal, brass, 27mm; similar, round,...
Hammer Price: £650
Jamaica, Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co., banana loading token, brass, square, 22 x 22mm (Lyall 326); Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Co. Ltd, banana loading tallies (3), 1919, 1923, 1930 aluminium, 21mm, 27mm (Lyall 330, 334, 336); Tropical Fruit Corporation, fruit tallies (2), 1923, one stamped on both sides with incuse 3, aluminium, 22mm (Lyall 377, –); Jamaica Fertilizer Products Ltd, aluminium, 28mm (Lyall 329); Jamaica Banana Producers Association, banana loading tallies (2),...
Hammer Price: £40
Jamaica, CSM or SCM, letters incuse in monogram, uniface, pierced as issued, aluminium, 29mm (Lyall 347); Arnold L. Malabre & Co., coaling tallies (2), uniface, zinc, 26mm (Lyall 348-9); Morris Park Estate, banana tally, incuse N, uniface, brass, 24mm (Lyall 350); Unattributed, incuse P, uniface, pierced as issued, brass, 18mm (Lyall 351); Charles Pringle (?), banana tally, pierced as issued, brass, 19mm (Lyall 353); Quebec Estate, banana tallies (2), incuse M / TS, uniface, tin-plated iron,...
Hammer Price: £50
Jamaica, KINGSTON, Phoenix Fruit Co., fruit tally, P. F. Co., ornaments above and below, rev. jamaica, ornaments above and below, aluminium, 19mm (Lyall 352). Rather poor with some damage or corrosion, but very rare (reportedly 4 known) £40-£60
Hammer Price: £20
Jamaica, NEGRIL, Rick’s Cafe, Three Dollars, brass, 35mm; One Dollar (5), 1999-2003, nickel (4) and brass (1), each 29mm; rick’s cafe both sides (3), blue plastic, 29mm; obv. rick’s cafe, rev. cannabis leaf, blue plastic, 29mm [10]. Very fine or better £40-£60
Jamaica, Seaverns & Company, banana tallies (2), incuse S & CO, uniface, brass, 19mm; similar but central punched hole (Lyall 363, 363 var.); S & H, unidentified but presumably a banana tally, incuse S & H, uniface, brass, 19mm (Lyall 364); S.S. Smith Company, banana tally, incuse SSS, uniface, brass, 19mm (Lyall 367); Standard Fruit and Steamship Co. Ltd, banana tallies (3), incuse standard, uniface, brass, 20mm; similar but pierced as issued; similar with edge clip (Lyall 368-70); Statnton...
Hammer Price: £200
Jamaica, Sunridge Farms Ltd, banana tally, Jamaican Halfpenny stamped with incuse S both sides (Lyall 375); Drax Hall Estate, banana tally, incuse DH, uniface, brass, 24mm (Lyall 303); F, banana tally, issuer unidentified but these have been found in St Mary, incuse F, uniface, aluminium, 25mm (Lyall 306); H, appears to be a banana tally, found in Jamaica but issuer unidentified, incuse H, uniface, 19mm (Lyall 325); Harold V. Lindo, banana tally, incuse H.V.L, uniface, centrally punched with...
Jamaica, Trinity Estate, banana tallies (2), incuse R, uniface, tin-plated iron, roughly cut rectangle with bevelled corners; similar, but holed as issued (Lyall 376, 376 var.); Tryall Estate, banana tally, incuse T, uniface, aluminium, 30mm (Lyall 378); Tulloch Estate, tallies (4), incuse J.H.M., uniface, aluminium, oval, 29 x 19mm (Lyall 383); incuse TE, uniface, aluminium, oval, 30 x 22mm; similar but smaller letters, 39 x 22mm; similar, but copper, 32 x 18mm (Lyall 384, 384 var.); United...
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, banana tallies (19), incuse lettering, all brass and holed as issued, various shapes (Lyall 388-95, 397-8, 400-6, 408, 410) [19]. Generally very fine, some rare £100-£150
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, banana tallies (15), incuse lettering, all brass and holed as issued, various shapes (Lyall 388-90, 392-5, 397-8, 401-4, 408, 410) [15]. Generally very fine, some rare £100-£150
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, banana tallies (29), incuse lettering, all brass and holed as issued, various shapes (Lyall 412-3, 415-9, 421) [29]. Generally fine or better, some rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £70
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, banana tallies (15), incuse lettering, all brass and holed as issued, various shapes (Lyall 412-3, 415-9, 421) [15]. Generally fine or better, some rare £60-£80
£60–£80
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, banana tallies (12), die-struck types, unholed, various shapes, brass and aluminium (Lyall 422-8, 430, 432-4, –) [12]. Generally fine or better, some rare £80-£100
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, banana tallies (9), die-struck types, unholed, various shapes, brass and aluminium (Lyall 422, 425-6, 428, 430, 432-4, –) [9]. Generally fine or better, some rare £40-£60
£40–£60
Jamaica, United Fruit Company, employee identification tags (8), all uniface, brass, holed as issued, u.f. (flag) co. / 708 / balt div., 43 x 34mm; u.f. co / 4314, 35 x 37mm; u. f. co. / 2709 / r, 51 x 22mm; u. f. co. / 41, 23mm; ufco (4), 695, 696, 697, 699, 29mm [8]. Generally near very fine or better £40-£60
Jamaica, VS, presumed to be an estate tally but no further details have been discovered, incuse V.S., uniface, brass, 26mm (Lyall 437). Nearly very fine, extremely rare, perhaps only 2 or 3 specimens known £80-£100
Jamaica, KINGSTON, Webster & Sons, appears to be a token for soda, rev. stamped j.l. kennedy / 68, brass, 26mm (Lyall –); KPS, Sixpence and Threepence, brass, rectangular with bevelled corners, each 43 x 26mm; rev. 68 / j.l. kennedy, brass, octagonal, 40mm [4]. All holed as issued, fine or better, some corrosion, the first extremely rare and perhaps the only recorded specimen £100-£200
Jamaica, Opening of Suffield School, 1856, white metal medals (2), legend, rev. façade of school building, 26mm [2]. First near very fine, second very good but obverse with dark encrustation, both with small piercing at top edge £60-£80
Jamaica, Cycle Park tags (4); carib cycle park 398, rev. 911; tropical cycle stand, rev. 10; palace cycle park 154, uniface; carib theater cycle park, B 30, rev. B30, all brass and pierced as issued, first three 38mm, last square 38 x 39mm [4]. Very fine or better, toned £30-£40
Jamaica, Employee identification badges (6), all pin-back: gas fitter no. 13; ariguanabo co., winder & warper, no. 298; water dept, inspector; ministry of health, malaria erad. programme, 109; central housing authority, collector; k. i. g., 7 [6]. Very fine or better £60-£80
Jamaica, Countermarked Jamaican coins: Penny, 1870, rev. countermarked M over 6; Penny, 1871, rev. countermarked M over 7; Penny, 1880, rev. countermarked M over 7; Halfpenny, 1888, obv. countermarked O; Halfpenny, 1965, both sides countermarked S; George VI Penny, rev. planed smooth and engraved with Masonic divider and square symbol [6]. All fine £30-£50
Hammer Price: £35
Jamaica, Assorted Jamaican fruit tallies (50), various shapes and metals, some duplication [50]. Generally fine or better £80-£100
Jamaica, Assorted Jamaican fruit tallies (49), various shapes and metals, some duplication [49]. Generally fine or better £80-£100
Martinique, ST PIERRE, Cercle de Commerce, uniface 3 Sou jeton, c. 1810, 3 in a flaming heart border, brass, 26mm (Gadoury-Cousinie 31; Mazard 92). Very fine, very rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £1,000
Martinique, SCHOELCHER, Bateliere Plaza Casino, 20 Francs (or Euros ?), bi-metallic (brass/nickel), 32mm. Fine £10-£15
£10–£15
Martinique-Tortola, Quarter-Dollar, a contemporary counterfeit Martinique Moco (crenated edges cut from opposite sides), cut from a Charles IV (transitional bust) Spanish-Colonial 8 Reales, rev. countermarked tirtila within a shaped indent, 6.27g/96.7gr (Prid. 34; Pridmore, SNC September 1974, Type II, late die state). Coin fair, countermark fine, rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £400
Montserrat, Issues of 1785-1801, Quarter-Dollar, a Charles III 2 Reales (date worn away), Mexico City, assayer ff, obv. countermarked Montserrat couped cross, a contemporary counterfeit stamp, 6.21g/95.8gr (cf. Prid. 3). Coin poor and holed, countermark nearly fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £220
Montserrat, Issues of c. 1785-1801, One Bitt (valued at Ninepence), a cut half-segment of a Charles III 2 Reales, [177]4fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked m within a square indent, a contemporary counterfeit, 2.95g/45.5gr (cf. Prid. 6; KM 6.2). Coin and countermark nearly fine, but coin has small piercing, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £550
Montserrat, Issue c. 1785-1801, Black Dogg, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1786a, rev. countermarked m within a circular indent, 1.69g/26.1gr (cf. Prid. 8; KM 1). Coin fine, countermark not fully struck up, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £170
Nevis, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), c. 1801, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1789a, rev. countermarked nevis within a rectangular indent, a contemporary counterfeit, 1.59g/24.5gr (cf. Prid. 6; KM –). Coin and countermark good fine or better, rare £200-£300
Nevis, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), c. 1801, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, rev. countermarked with crude imitation of nevis within a rectangular indent, 1.53g/23.6gr (cf. Prid. 6; KM –). Coin fair, countermark better, rare £200-£260
Nevis, Black Dogg (valued at Threehalfpence), c. 1802+, a counterfeit Cayenne 2 Sous, 1782a, obv. with unidentifed incuse countermark, later countermarked with what is believed to be a nevis contemporary counterfeit stamp that eventually broke through the coin (Prid. –). Fine, but countemarks have distorted and cracked the coin £50-£70
Hammer Price: £75
Puerto Rico, Ferreteria Canon, 5 Centavos, cupro-nickel, 18mm (Gould & Higgie 406); Hacienda Vega Redonda, Quarter-Almud, brass, 19mm (Gould & Higgie 374); Don’s Lighthouse, Ceiba, 2 Dollars, aluminium, 34mm; El Sombrero Viejo, Vieques Island, uniface, black vulcanite?, 38mm [4]. First fine, others very fine or better £60-£80
Hammer Price: £120
Puerto Rico, AGUADILLA, Ramey Air Force Base, NCO Open Mess, 5 Cents, red anodised aluminium, 23mm. Extremely fine, rare £40-£60
Hammer Price: £60
St Bartholomew, Stuiver (c. 1797-8), a Cayenne 2 Sous, possibly genuine, obv. countermarked with crown within a shaped indent, 1.62g/25.0gr (cf. Olrog Type 3). Coin fair with some encrustation, countermark fine, rare £200-£260
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