TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS


1165


MARIE GALANTE, Anse Canot, copper 5 (cart loads) check, similar, 22mm, 4.23g/12h (Byrne 1054). Obverse with mottled patina, otherwise very fine and of the highest rarity; only one other specimen recorded [Byrne 1054] £300-400


Provenance: Bt P. Nadin-Davis August 1982


1170


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, copper Half- Gourde jeton, c. 1825, anchor, bale and branch, rev. ornamented C, 32mm, 13.29g/12h (Gadoury-Cousinié 36; Zay –). Small surface nick in exergue, otherwise very fine and patinated, rare


£100-150


1166


MARIE GALANTE, Anse Canot, copper 1 (cart load) check, similar, 20mm, 3.19g/12h (Byrne 1055; Noble II, 1377). Very fine and very rare


£100-150 Provenance: Bt J. Hoare 1171


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, octagonal plated copper or nickel-alloy Quarter-Gourde jeton, c. 1825, anchor, barrel and bale, rev. legend around CC monogram, 30mm, 13.22g/6h (Gadoury-Cousinié 35; Zay 29; cf. Byrne 559). Minor rim nicks, otherwise very fine, rare £100-150


Provenance: Paul Bosco Auction 18 (New York), 4 August 1997, lot 806


1167


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, copper 1 Gourde jeton, c. 1825, palm tree, barrel, bale and caduceus, rev. legend around CC monogram, 37mm, 19.49g/6h (Gadoury-Cousinié 37; Zay 28). Rim knocks and has been lacquered, otherwise about very fine, rare


£100-150 Provenance: Bt D. Engleberg March 1969 1172


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, octagonal iron Quarter-Gourde jeton, c. 1825, from the same dies as previous, 30mm, 14.54g/6h (Gadoury-Cousinié 35 var; cf. Zay 29). Very fine, rare


£90-120 Provenance: Bt R.C. Soxman April 1986


1168


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, white metal 1 Gourde jeton, c. 1825, from the same dies as previous, 37mm, 20.64g/6h (Gadoury-Cousinié 37; Zay 28; Byrne 563). About very fine, rare


£100-150 Provenance: Bt M. Cotta 1986


1173


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, copper Eighth-Gourde jeton, c. 1825, Gallic cock, anchor, barrel and caduceus, rev. legend around CC monogram, 27mm, 8.64g/6h (Gadoury-Cousinié 34 var; Zay 30). Reverse rim fault, otherwise good fine, rare


£90-120 Provenance: Bt J.D. King August 1971 1174


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, plated copper or nickel-alloy Eighth-Gourde jeton, c. 1825, from the same dies as previous, 27mm, 7.56g/6h (Gadoury- Cousinié 34; Zay 30; Byrne 557). Obverse fair, reverse fine, rare


£70-90 Provenance: Ponterio Auction 56, 23-4 April 1992, lot 518 1169


POINTE-À-PITRE, Cercle de Commerce, white metal 1 Gourde jeton, c. 1825, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. similar, differing CC monogram, 38mm, 21.01g/6h (Gadoury-Cousinié 37 var; cf. Zay 28). Flan bent, fair, a very rare variant


£50-70 Provenance: Bt C. Plante July 1985 Additional lot images may be found on our website 1175


Uncertain attribution, copper jeton, c. 1810, crowned arms of France within oval border, rev. crowned GP above fleur- des-lis and crossed palm leaves, 24mm, 5.86g/12h (VG 1037; Byrne 560). Obverse about very fine, reverse better £30-50


Provenance: Bt H.M.F. Schulman 1966 www.dnw.co.uk


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