Ice Tokens
TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS Merchant Tokens
1119 1115
Raven & Co, uniface square brass Three Pounds of Ice, legend around value, 35mm, 11.71g (Sømod 4679; Byrne 1076; Lyall Sale 847). Pierced as issued, good fine and extremely rare; only four specimens recorded £500-700
G. Beretta, German silver 10 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value, rev. legend around monogram, 21mm, 2.41g/12h (Sømod 4627; Higgie 402; Lyall Sale 850); German silver 5 Cents, c. 1889, similar, 19mm, 1.72g/12h (Sømod 4628; Higgie 401; Lyall Sale 849); German silver 3 Cents, c. 1889, similar, 17mm, 1.30g/12h (Sømod 4629; Higgie 400; Lyall Sale 848); together with a set of replica tokens [1964], for 10, 5 and 3 Cents, 2.48g/12h, 2.23g/12h, 1.78g/12h, all identically pierced at 3 o’clock as issued (Rulau B12, footnote) [6]. Second good fine, others very fine and better
£90-120
Provenance: Acquired directly from the Beretta family in Charlotte Amalie, 1966.
Obverses of first and second only illustrated. Giorgio Beretta (b. Italy), ship owner and shopkeeper, established in Charlotte Amalie by 1867. The replica tokens were struck in 1964 by MEKA, Copenhagen, from dies by the medallist Bent Jensen
1120 1116
Raven & Co, uniface octagonal brass Two Pounds of Ice, similar, 35mm, 9.73g (Sømod 4680; Byrne 1077; Lyall Sale 846). Pierced as issued, good fine, rare
£100-150
A. Burnet, uniface brass 5 Cents (before September 1887), legend around value, back countermarked MXSLR over a decorative line raised within a rectangular indent, 20mm, 2.51g (Sømod 4607; Higgie 406). About very fine, extremely rare
£300-500
Auguste Burnet, merchant and innkeeper, Charlotte Amalie, was ironically a member of the committee formed to forbid the use of tokens in 1889
1121
A. Burnet, uniface brass Cent (before September 1887), similar, 24mm, 3.77g (Sømod 4608; Higgie 403; Lyall Sale 851). About very fine
£50-70 1117
Raven & Co, uniface brass One Pound of Ice, similar, 35mm, 9.93g (Sømod 4681; Byrne 1078; Lyall Sale 845). Pierced as issued, very fine, rare
£100-150 1122
A. Burnet, cupro-nickel 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value both sides, 18.5mm, 1.67g/12h (Sømod 4630; Higgie 405; Lyall Sale 852). Very fine
£40-50
1123
1118
Raven & Co, uniface brass One Pound of Ice, similar, back counterstamped with incuse 6 or 9, 35mm, 9.22g (cf. Sømod 4681). Pierced as issued, very fine, rare £80-100
Provenance: Bt R.C. Soxman June 1984 Additional lot images may be found on our website
Fratelli Copello & Cia, German silver 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value both sides, 18.5mm, 1.37g/12h (Sømod 4631; Higgie 429; Lyall Sale 866); copper Cents (2), both c. 1889, similar, one countermarked D on one side, both 23mm, 3.25g/12h, 3.09g/12h (Sømod 4632; Higgie 428; Lyall Sale 865) [3]. First extremely fine but with nick in edge, others very fine
£80-100
Obverses of first two only illustrated. Giuseppe and Girolamo Copello (b. Italy), ship brokers and shopkeepers, Charlotte Amalie
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