TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS Guadeloupe
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L. Tissot & Co, cupro-nickel 5 Cents (before 1892), similar, 19mm, 1.71g/12h (Sømod 4662; Higgie 458; Lyall Sale 892). Surface corrosion, otherwise fine, very rare
£70-90 1162
MARIE GALANTE, Anse Canot, copper 40 (cart loads) check, ANSE CANOT, rev. value, 32mm, 10.33g/12h (Byrne 1051). Fine, very rare
£150-200 Provenance: Bt P. Nadin-Davis August 1982. 1158
H. Toussaint, uniface German silver 5 Cents (before September 1887), legend around value, 21mm, 3.70g (Sømod 4610; Higgie 462; Lyall Sale 896). About very fine, rare
£100-150
H. Toussaint, retail wine merchant and fancy goods importer, Charlotte Amalie
The tokens of Anse Canot have been a series that proved difficult to attribute for many years. The first listing of them appears to be under Haiti in auction catalogue 80 of the Berlin numismatist Adolph Weyl (January 1887). Subsequently they were attributed to Canada (Prince Edward Island), Curaçao and finally St. Lucia. As early as 1895 Guadeloupe was suggested as the location for these tokens and this was later, in 1967, revisited, but research at that time was never completed and the St Lucia attribution of Ray Byrne was followed by the cataloguer of his collection.
After considerable research and correspondence with a number of people, Edward Roehrs correctly attributed these tokens in NI Bulletin 36 (September 2000). They were produced, probably c. 1850, and used on the island of Marie Galante, at sugar factories close to the small town of Saint Louis, locally called ‘Anse Canot’. Marie Galante (53 square miles and located 16 miles south-east of Guadeloupe) is a ‘sugar island’ and a dependency of Guadeloupe. The tokens, which are numbered 1, 5, 10, 20 and 40 were used as tallies for ‘cane carts’ drawn by oxen and delivered to the factory.
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H. Toussaint, uniface brass Cent (before September 1887), legend around value, 24mm, 3.20g (Sømod 4611; Higgie 461; Lyall Sale 895). Very fine and very rare
£200-250
It would appear that when the tokens were no longer required they were shipped to Le Havre, presumably to be melted for scrap; all surviving specimens are the few that were removed prior to melting. The cataloguer raises a note of caution in that due to the long association with Canadian numismatics the Anse Canot tokens fall into that group of rare Canadian pieces that were ‘copied’, in the late 19th century to satisfy the desire of individuals to add these to their collection
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H. Toussaint, German silver 5 Cents, c. 1889, legend around value both sides, 18.5mm, 1.82g/12h (Sømod 4653; Higgie 463); copper Cent, c. 1889, similar, 23mm, 3.36g/12h (Sømod 4654; Higgie 460; Lyall Sale 894) [2]. Very fine and better
£60-80 First only illustrated
MARIE GALANTE, Anse Canot, copper 20 (cart loads) check, similar, 28mm, 6.90g/11h (Byrne 1052; Tankersley 385). Obverse fair, reverse fine, very rare
£100-150 Provenance: Bt W. Baker January 1976
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A. Vance & Co, uniface German silver 5 Cents (before September 1887), legend around value, 21mm, 3.55g (Sømod 4612; Higgie 465; Lyall Sale 898); uniface copper Cent (before September 1887), similar, 24mm, 3.71g (Sømod 4613; Higgie 464; Lyall Sale 897) [2]. Very fine
£60-80
Both illustrated. Augustus Vance, innkeeper and rum shop proprietor, Charlotte Amalie
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MARIE GALANTE, Anse Canot, copper 10 (cart loads) check, similar, 25mm, 5.68g/12h (Byrne 1053; Tankersley 386). About very fine, very rare
£150-200 Provenance: Bt R.A. Byrne August 1973
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