TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS
1129 1124
C.A. Daniel & Co, German silver 5 Cents, c. 1887, legend around value both sides, 23.5mm, 4.09g/12h (Sømod 4621; Higgie 408; Lyall Sale 854); German silver Cent, c. 1887, similar, 19.5mm, 2.29g/12h (Sømod 4622; Higgie 407; Lyall Sale 853) [2]. Very fine
£60-80
Obverses only illustrated. Christopher Alfred Daniel, retail merchant and innkeeper, took over the business of Oscar Ffrench but went bankrupt in 1891, after which private tokens were outlawed in the islands
1130
G. Ferrarini, copper Cent (before 1892), similar, 24mm, 2.81g/12h (Sømod 4660; Higgie 416; Lyall Sale 860). Small digs in two places on one side, otherwise very fine and very rare
£150-200
G. Ferrarini, cupro-nickel 5 Cents (before 1892), similar, 19mm, 1.69g/12h (Sømod 4659; Higgie 417; Lyall Sale 861). Fine, rare
£70-90
1125
Louis Delinois, uniface brass 5 Cents, c. 1887, legend around value with squat 5, 26mm, 4.57g (Sømod 4617; Higgie 410; Lyall Sale 856); uniface brass 3 Cents, c. 1887, similar, 22mm, 3.27g (Sømod 4618; Higgie 409; Lyall Sale 855) [2]. First very fine but with dull surface, second good fine but with some verdigris on edge
£60-80
First only illustrated. Louis Jean Pericles Delinois (b. Haiti), proprietor of a coffee and cocoa plantation on St John, tavern keeper and butcher, Charlotte Amalie
1131
O. Ffrench & Co, uniface oval brass 10 Cents (before September 1887), name above value, 33 x 18mm, 3.72g (Sømod 4601; Higgie 424). Flan slightly bent, otherwise very fine, of the highest rarity; the only recorded specimen
£1,000-2,000
Provenance: J.-C. Holm Collection; Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 20 July 2005 (701).
Oscar A. French, merchant, Dronningensgade 25, Charlotte Amalie, succeeded in business by Christopher Alfred Daniel & Co
1126
Louis Delinois, uniface brass 5 Cents, c. 1887, legend around value with large 5, 26mm, 4.84g (Sømod –; Higgie –). Some staining, otherwise very fine, extremely rare
£90-120 Provenance: Bt August 1985
1132
O. Ffrench & Co, uniface brass 5 Cents (before September 1887), name around value, 20mm, 2.71g (Sømod 4602; Higgie 422). Flan slightly bent, otherwise about very fine, very rare
£300-400 Provenance: Bt J. Sømod September 2001
1127
Delvalle & Co, cupro-nickel 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value both sides, 21mm, 3.30g/12h (Sømod 4655; Higgie 414; Lyall Sale 859); cupro-nickel 3 Cents, c. 1889, similar, 18.5mm, 2.17g/12h (Sømod 4656; Higgie 412; Lyall Sale 858); cupro-nickel Cent, c. 1889, similar, 18.5mm, 2.18g/12h (Sømod 4657; Higgie 411; Lyall Sale 857) [3]. Very fine
£100-150
Obverses of first two only illustrated. Jacob Benjamin Delvalle, Jewish merchant, Charlotte Amalie, later Danish consul at Curaçao
1133
O. Ffrench & Co, uniface brass Cent (before September 1887), similar, 24mm, 3.80g (Sømod 4603; Higgie 420). Some spotting, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £500-700
Provenance: Bt R. Goldstone
1134 1128
G. Ferrarini, cupro-nickel 10 Cents (before 1892), legend around value both sides, 23.5mm, 3.30g/12h (Sømod 4658; Higgie 418). One side with some spotting, otherwise about very fine, rare
£100-150
Provenance: ‘Bostonian Collection’, Bank Leu Auction 51 (Zurich), 24-6 October 1990, lot 1234 (part).
G. Ferrarini, retail merchant, Charlotte Amalie Additional lot images may be found on our website
O. Ffrench & Co, uniface oval brass 10 Cents, c. 1887, name above value, back countermarked MXSLR over a decorative line raised within a rectangular indent, 33 x 18mm, 3.96g (Sømod 4604; Higgie 423). About very fine, extremely rare
£300-400 Provenance: Bt R. Goldstone.
Higgie notes that the early tokens of Oscar Ffrench were later countermarked on the backs as current for the equivalent value in Mexican silver and used to pay workers at the docks
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