TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS
1110 1105
Det Østasiatiske Kompagni, copper bracteate 3 Cents, crudely stamped X EAM and value, 37mm, 2.93g (Sømod –; cf. Lyall p.77, attribution not certain). Fine, extremely rare £100-150
Provenance: T.O. Mabbott Collection; bt H.M.F. Schulman 1111
West Indian Co, uniface brass daytime check, 1920, legend, 24mm, 5.05g (Sømod 24.703; Lyall 10; Lyall Sale 842). Extremely fine
£50-70
The West Indian Co, established in Copenhagen in 1912 as an offshoot of Det Østasiatiske Kompagni, took over the interests of the latter firm in 1915. These tallies were in use from 1920 until the late 1940s
West Indian Co, uniface brass night-time check, 1920, similar, 24mm, 5.22g (Sømod 24.704; Lyall 11; Lyall Sale 843). Very fine
£30-50 Provenance: Bt J. Ortiz Communion Tokens 1106
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, uniface brass One Cent, legend around value, 28mm, 2.77g (Sømod 24.705; Lyall 1; Lyall Sale 836). Some surface corrosion, otherwise better than fine, of the highest rarity; perhaps only one other specimen recorded
£500-1,000
The Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, incorporated in 1839, set up a coaling station in St Thomas in 1841; coaling on the island had probably ceased before 1885, by which time the company had moved its local headquarters to Barbados
1112
ST JOHNS, Emmaus Church, oval hardwood token, EMMAUS, rev. unreadable, 43 x 24mm, 2.63g (Burzinski 2444, this piece). Fine but the ink inscription weak, of the highest rarity and in all probability the only recorded specimen
£500-600
Provenance: L.M. Burzinski Collection; bt D. Parker November 2001.
The Emmaus Moravian Church, Coral Bay, said to be haunted, stands next to the Caroline Estate plantation, the site of a 1733 slave revolt that resulted in the murder of the plantation owner and his 12-year-old daughter
1107
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, copper tally or employee identification badge, from the same inscription punches as previous, the back stamped RMC 98, 40mm, 17.45g (Sømod –; Lyall –). Pierced for wearing, generally fine but somewhat crude, of the highest rarity; the only known specimen
£500-1,000 Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 14 December 2005 (717)
1113
ST JOHNS, Unknown church, rectangular hardwood token with bevelled corners, E, rev. unreadable script, 51 x 29mm, 3.12g (Burzinski 2260, this piece). Fine, the ink inscription weak, of the highest rarity and in all probability the only recorded specimen
£500-600
Provenance: L.M. Burzinski Collection; bt D. Parker November 2001.
Illustration reduced. Mr Roehrs believed that this piece also emanated from Emmaus (see previous lot) but what traces remain of the script on the back suggest that is not what the legend reads
1108
Royal Mail Steam Packet Co, rectangular zinc bracteate One Cent, raised X in centre, 34mm, 3.60g (Sømod 4675; Lyall –). Surface oxidised, fine, extremely rare £300-500
Provenance: Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 14 December 2005 (716) 1109
St Thomas Dock, Engineering & Coaling Co Ltd, copper 5 Cents, S.T.D.C., rev. value, 20mm, 2.73g (Sømod 24.702, attribution not certain). Extremely fine £30-40
Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1070.
The St Thomas Dock, Engineering & Coaling Co Ltd was formed from the amalgamation of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co and the St Thomas Dock Co in 1909
Additional lot images may be found on our website 1114
ST THOMAS, Dutch Reformed Church, oval lead token, legend both sides, 31 x 22mm, 5.98g/6h (Burzinski 6520). Small bend in flan, otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare
£300-400
Provenance: A.T. Macmillan Collection, Simmons Galleries Mailbid Sale, 2 October 2007 (83).
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