TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS
1185
A.A. Brown (Port Antonio), uniface brass (2), both stamped A.A.B., 18mm, 1.76g (Lyall 298; Ford 639, this piece; Tankersley 339), 23mm, 3.84g (Lyall 299; Ford 639, this piece; Tankersley 339) [2]. Good fine, first pierced as issued, second polished, both rare
£80-100
Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 639.
Both illustrated. A. Augustus Brown, b. Brown’s Town, St Ann, shipper and storekeeper fl. c. 1895-1915
1186
S.C. Burke (St Thomas), uniface brass, stamped S.C.B., 18mm, 2.10g (Lyall 300; Ford 640; Tankersley 340); Crescent Estates Ltd (St Mary), uniface aluminium (3), stamped 20 above C·E·LTD, 15 above C·E·LTD, 10 above C·E·LTD, all 32mm, 1.00g, 0.99g, 0.93g (Lyall 533, 534, 535; Ford 670 [= Tankersley 364]); Cuyamel Fruit Co, uniface brass, stamped C.F.C., 24mm, 3.42g (Lyall 301; Ford 641, this piece; Tankersley 341), uniface aluminium, similar, 24mm, 1.92g (Lyall 536; Ford 641, this piece; Tankersley 341) [6]. First with nail piercing, otherwise fine or better, mostly rare
£70-90
Provenance: Lyall 300 bt R.A. Brandon; Lyall 301 and 536 R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 641.
Samuel Constantine Burke, proprietor of the Rhine Estate; Cuyamel Fruit Co, founded by Samuel Zemurray in South Dakota in 1911, acquired by the United Fruit Co in 1929
1187
Dingwall Estate (St Mary), uniface octagonal aluminium and iron (2), stamped SD [Shekell and Dingwall] (2), and DS, 26 x 22mm (2), 27 x 25mm, 0.91g, 1.84g, 1.72g (Lyall 302, 302 variant; Ford 642; Tankersley 342); Drax Hall Estate (St Ann), uniface brass, stamped DH, 23mm, 5.19g (Lyall 303; Ford –; Tankersley 643), octagonal copper bracteate, stamped D, 27 x 26mm, 4.52g (Lyall 304; Ford –; Tankersley –); uncertain attribution (St Mary), uniface aluminium, stamped F, 26mm, 1.70g (Lyall 306; Ford 642; Tankersley 342); together with an octagonal blank unstamped flan, 29 x 26mm, 2.06g [7]. Generally fine £20 -30
Provenance: All except third and last bt R.A. Brandon. Dingwall Estate, proprietor E.K. Bonner Shekell
1188
Fletcher & Co Ltd (Montego Bay), One Stem (5), 1928 (2), brass and aluminium, legend, revs. value, both 27mm, 4.62g/12h, 1.47g/12h (Lyall 307, 308; Ford 643 [= Tankersley 644]); 1932 (3), brass, aluminium and ‘white metal’, similar, all 27mm, 4.62g/12h, 1.56g/12h, 4.02g/12h (Lyall 309, 310, 311; Ford 643 [= Tankersley 644]) [5]. Last fine, others better
£30-50
Robert Fletcher (c. 1881-1978), b. Blackburn, Lancashire, emigrated to Jamaica in 1902, established the business with his name in 1925, specialising in lumber, building materials and, as agent for the Jamaica Banana Producers Association Ltd, banana shipping
1189
Frontier Estate (St Mary), uniface oval brass (2), FRONTIER, 30 x 21mm, 28 x 22mm, 5.62g, 4.12g (Lyall 313, 314; Ford 645; Tankersley 345-6), uniface oval aluminium, similar, 32 x 19mm, 1.08g (Lyall 315; Ford 645; Tankersley 347); Jamaican regal Halfpence (2), design turned off and obvs. stamped FR, both 22.5mm, 2.89g, 2.86g (Lyall 316; Ford 645; Tankersley 345-7) [5]. Generally fine, first two pierced as issued but rare
£70-90 Provenance: Last bt R.A. Brandon Additional lot images may be found on our website 1192
1190
Fruit Importing Co, uniface brass, stamped
F.I.CO., 24mm, 2.93g (Lyall 312; Ford 644, this piece; Tankersley –). Central piercing by the Standard Fruit Co, good fine, very rare
£80-100
Provenance: R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 644.
Fruit Importing Co, a short-lived business founded by David Gideon in 1904, merged with the Atlantic Fruit Co
1191
J.B. Goffe (St Mary), uniface brass (2), stamped G, both 21mm, 2.74g, 2.51g (Lyall 317; Ford 646; Tankersley 342), uniface octagonal brass, stamped J.B.G., 23mm, 3.16g (Lyall 319; Ford 647 [= Tankersley 348]), uniface brass, stamped J.B.G., 21mm, 2.68g (Lyall 320; Ford 647 [= Tankersley 348]); uniface brass with crenated edge (2), stamped J.B.G., 25 and 22mm, 3.29g, 2.70g (Lyall 537, 539; Ford 647 [= Tankersley 348]); Greenwood Estate (St Mary), uniface aluminium (3), stamped MF [May Farquharson], all 23mm, 0.61g, 0.59g, 0.58g (Lyall 321; Ford 648 [= Tankersley 349]), uniface aluminium (2), stamped MF 5, MF 15, both 29mm, 0.99g, 1.00g (Lyall 322, 323; Ford 648 [= Tankersley 349]); Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co, square brass bracteate, stamped IDWI, 22mm, 3.12g (Lyall 326; Ford 646; Tankersley 342) [12]. Last six pierced as issued, generally fine to very fine £100-150
Provenance: First five bt R.A. Brandon.
John Beecham Goffe, banana shipper and proprietor of the Roslyn Estate (St Mary). May Farquharson (1884-1978+), proprietor of the Greenwood Estate. Imperial Direct West India Mail Service Co, established by Sir Alfred Jones (1845-1909), a Welsh shipping magnate and major shareholder in the Elder Dempster Line, began a fortnightly service between Avonmouth and Jamaica via the Turks & Caicos Is in February 1901; his company was subsumed by United Fruit Co in 1903
Jamaica Banana Producers’ Association Ltd, aluminium (2), 1932, 1937, initials around date, revs. legend, both 27mm, 1.51g/12h, 1.97g/12h (Lyall 327, 328; Ford 646; Tankersley 342); Jamaica Fertilizer Products Ltd (Falmouth), aluminium 1 [Basket], legend, rev. value, 27mm, 1.47g/12h (Lyall 329; Ford 646; Tankersley 342); Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Co Ltd (Kingston), uniface aluminium (5), 1919 (2, one with mill sail countermark), 1921 (2, one with mill sail countermark), 1923, all 21mm, 1.12g, 1.13g, 1.14g, 1.16g, 1.10g (Lyall 330-4; Ford 649; Tankersley 350; Prid. 138), aluminium (2), 1928, 1930, legend, revs. date, both 27mm, 1.53g, 1.47g (Lyall 335, 336; Ford 649; Tankersley 350; Prid. 139); Kingston Wharves Ltd (Kingston), uniface aluminium (9), stamped K.W.L. between curved lines (2), round, 21mm, 1.61g, square, 26mm, 3.04g (Lyall 337, 338; Ford 650; Tankersley 350), stamped K.W.L. (7, different shapes), 2.16, 2.44, 2.43, 2.44, 2.41, 2.21, 2.26g (Lyall 339-45; Ford 650; Tankersley 350) [19]. Generally fine
£40-60
Provenance: Third bt D. Megill 1973; Kingston Wharves set bt R.B. Barker.
Jamaica Banana Producers’ Association Ltd, a marketing co- operative founded in 1929 with over 7,000 members. Jamaica Fertilizer Products Ltd, founded in 1929 by James Whiteside, an American chemical engineer, to exploit the potential of bat manure in the Windsor caves at Trelawney. Jamaica Fruit & Shipping Co Ltd, established 1919, operated a weekly service from Kingston to New York. Kingston Wharves Ltd, established 1945, exported fruit and cartons of orange concentrate to the UK
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