TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS Buck Island


1084


William Bailey and Robertson Smith, cupro-nickel One Buck (2), undated [1958] and 1961, buck’s (goat) head, revs. map of island, both 36mm, 18.75g/12h, 18.35g/12h (Lyall 134, 135; Bruce X TN4, 5); Half-a-Buck (2), both undated [1958], in bronze and goldine, similar, both 28.5mm, 9.05g/12h, 9.04g/12h (Lyall 136, 136 var; Bruce X TN1, 2) [4]. Very fine and better, but obverse of first heavily tarnished


£30-40


Provenance: First and third gift of R. Prann, 1961; fourth bt J.D. King 1971.


William W. Bailey, a lawyer from White Plains, NY, who served in the US Navy in World War II, acquired Buck Island in 1946. In February 1948 he established a law practice in Christianstad with David E. Mass, a former FBI agent and local attorney. In partnership with a fellow former naval officer, Capt Robertson F. Smith, Bailey built a harbour and airstrip with the intention of promoting the island as a tourist resort and the checks were redeemable in Coca-Cola


Cayenne (French Guiana)


1089


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, aluminium 30 Centimes, second series, similar, 22mm, 0.93g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.3). Good fine, very rare


£70-90


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (92)


1090


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, aluminium 20 Centimes, second series, similar, 22mm, 0.94g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.2). Good fine, very rare


£70-90


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (90)


1085


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, oval zinc 50 Centimes, first series, legend, rev. value, 24 x 18mm, 1.93g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.8). Very fine and extremely rare


£100-150 Provenance: Bt C. Plante April 2007.


Frédéric Tanon established his shipping and steamboat business, La Compagnie Commerciales des Antilles Françaises, in 1898. Later restyled as Frédéric Tanon et Cie, it had branches at St Laurent, Mana, Approuague, Sinnamary and Oyapock


1091


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, aluminium 10 Centimes, second series, similar, 22mm, 0.94g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.1). Extremely fine, very rare £90-120


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (88)


1092 1086


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, oval zinc 30 Centimes, first series, similar, 24 x 18mm, 1.84g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.7). Considerable surface corrosion, otherwise fine, extremely rare


£90-120


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (91)


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, aluminium 50 Centimes, third series, similar, 22mm, 0.93g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.4). Minor marks, otherwise good very fine, very rare


£80-100


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (93)


Cuba


1087


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, oval zinc 20 Centimes, first series, similar, 24 x 18mm, 1.88g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.6). Considerable surface corrosion, otherwise fine, extremely rare


£90-120


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (89)


1093


Cuban Revolutionary Party, Souvenir Peso, 1897, type II, star below 97 baseline, rev. planed and engraved (The Celebrated 400, Nov. 9, 1900), 36mm, 20.58g (cf. KM. M2). Minor scuffing, otherwise about extremely fine, interesting


£100-150


Provenance: W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 238.


1088


ST LAURENT, Frédéric Tanon & Cie, oval zinc 10 Centimes, first series, similar, 24 x 18mm, 1.90g/12h (Gadoury-Elie 1.5). Considerable surface corrosion, otherwise fine, extremely rare


£90-120


Provenance: World-Wide Coins of California Mailbid Sale 13, 5 May 1988 (87)


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It has been suggested the coin was given out at a Cuban benefit in New York. The ‘Celebrated 400’ is a term that can be dated back to the annual ball given by Mrs William Astor, which in 1892 the host wished to limit to 400 guests, as that was as many as her ballroom would accommodate. For many decades hence the term referred to the social elite of New York. Further detail is sold with the lot


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