TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS
1152 1146
Thomas Pearson & Co, uniface brass 5 Cents (before September 1887), similar, 26mm, 4.33g (Sømod 4615; Higgie 442); uniface brass Cent (before September 1887), similar, 22mm, 3.56g (Sømod 4616; Higgie 441; Lyall Sale 877) [2]. About very fine and better, but first stained and spotted
£80-100
Provenance: First bt R. Goldstone. Both illustrated
1153
Ricardo D. Senior, cupro-nickel 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value both sides, 18mm, 1.70g/12h (Sømod 4649; Higgie 453; Lyall Sale 887); copper Cent, c. 1889, similar, 23mm, 3.21g/12h (Sømod 4650; Higgie 452; Lyall Sale 886) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine with much original colour
£70-90
Obverses of both illustrated. Ricardo Doloris Senior (b. Puerto Plata, Haiti), retail merchant, Charlotte Amalie
R. Senior & Co, cupro-nickel 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value both sides, 18.5mm, 1.56g/12h (Sømod 4651; Higgie 455; Lyall Sale 889); copper Cent, c. 1889, similar, 23mm, 3.17g/12h (Sømod 4652; Higgie 454; Lyall Sale 888) [2]. First fine but surface corroded, second very fine but with patch of verdigris on one side
£40-60 1147
G. Peirano et Co, German silver 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend, rev. value, 18.5mm, 1.81g/12h (Sømod 4641; Higgie 444; Lyall Sale 878). Very fine, rare
£60-80
Giuseppe Peirano (b. Italy), shopkeeper and stamp dealer, Charlotte Amalie
Robert Senior & Co, retail merchants, Charlotte Amalie
1148
Peirano et Favale, cupro-nickel 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend, rev. value, 18.5mm, 1.66g/12h (Sømod 4642; Higgie 445; Lyall Sale 879). Very fine
£40-60
Giuseppe Peirano and Vittorio Favale, retail merchants, Charlotte Amalie
1154
C. Simmonds & Cia, white metal check (before 1892), C. SIMMONDS & CIA ST THOMAS, rev. MERCANCIAS INGLESAS FRANCESAS ALEMANAS Y AMERICANAS, 31mm, 9.30g/12h (Sømod 4663; Higgie –). Light scuffing, otherwise about extremely fine, of the highest rarity; only one other specimen [Danish West Indies Museum Collection] recorded £900-1,200
Provenance: ‘Bostonian Collection’, Bank Leu Auction 51 (Zurich), 24-6 October 1990, lot 1234 (part).
C. Simmonds & Cia, general merchants, Charlotte Amalie 1149
Russell Bros, cupro-nickel 10 Cents, 1888, legend, rev. value, 27mm, 4.73g/12h (Sømod 4643; Higgie 451; Lyall Sale 885); cupro-nickel 5 Cents, 1888, similar, 21mm, 2.25g/12h (Sømod 4644; Higgie 449; Lyall Sale 883); cupro-nickel 3 Cents, 1888, similar, 17mm, 1.48g/12h (Sømod 4645; Higgie 447; Lyall Sale 881) [3]. Second very fine, others fine
£100-150
Second only illustrated. Russell Bros, from Liverpool, England, innkeepers and family grocers, Norregade 4b, Charlotte Amalie, from 1875
1155
J.H. Souffront, uniface brass 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value, 26mm, 4.70g (Sømod 4625; Higgie 457; Lyall Sale 891); uniface brass Cent, c. 1889, similar, 22mm, 3.33g (Sømod 4626; Higgie 456; Lyall Sale 890) [2]. About very fine and better, but first scratched and lacquered, second with edge nick and some surface verdigris
£60-80 1150
Russell Bros, cupro-nickel 5 Cents, 1890, similar, 21mm, 2.36g/12h (Sømod 4646; Higgie 450; Lyall Sale 884); cupro-nickel 3 Cents, 1890, similar, 17mm, 1.55g/12h (Sømod 4647; Higgie 448; Lyall Sale 882) [2]. About very fine
£80-100 First only illustrated
Both illustrated. J.H. Souffront, rum shop proprietor and retail merchant, Charlotte Amalie
1156 1151
Russell Bros, octagonal cupro-nickel 2 Cents, 1890, value, rev. steamship, 16.5mm, 1.47g/12h (Sømod 4648; Higgie 446; Lyall Sale 880; Noble II, 1378). Very fine
£40-60 Additional lot images may be found on our website
L. Tissot & Co, cupro-nickel 10 Cents (before 1892), legend around value both sides, 23.5mm, 2.82g/12h (Sømod 4661; Higgie 459; Lyall Sale 893). About very fine, very rare
£150-200
Louis Tissot (b. Amsterdam), retail merchant and rum shop keeper, Charlotte Amalie
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