TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS
1273
CASTRIES, Minvielle & Chastanet, uniface brass, DAYM & C ST. LUCIA, 28mm, 5.59g (Lyall 476; Devaux type 10; Prid. 16; Ford 680 [= Tankersley 377]). About very fine and very rare
£100-150 1270
CASTRIES, Chastanet, uniface brass Shilling, CHASTANET ST LUCIA around value, wreath below, 44mm, 18.86g (Lyall 468, this piece illustrated; Devaux type 3, this piece illustrated; Prid. 13, this piece illustrated). Central hole, some staining and surface marks, otherwise about very fine, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen
£400-600
Provenance: J.K. McDowell Collection, Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1221, part).
Marie-Louis Charles Chastanet (1839-99), a partner in Du Boulay, Minvielle & Chastanet and the managing director of the St Lucia Steam Conveyance Co, set up a coaling yard at Castries in 1870; the former company was absorbed into the firm of Minvielle & Chastanet in 1885
1274
CASTRIES, Minvielle & Chastanet, uniface brass, M&C ST LUCIA around D [Day] in central star, 27mm, 5.12g (Lyall 477; Devaux type 11; Prid. 17; Ford 681 [= Tankersley 378]). Stained, fine, rare
£60-80
Provenance: J.K. McDowell Collection, Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1221, part)
Provenance: Bt R.A. Byrne 1975.
Minvielle & Chastanet began as a business partnership between Henry Minvielle, newly arrived from England, and Charles Chastanet in 1864. The coaling operations of Chastanet were absorbed into the company in 1885 and the business, which ceased coaling operations in 1940, remained family owned until 1973
1275 1271
CASTRIES, Chastanet, uniface brass Sixpence, similar, 38mm, 13.50g (Lyall 467, this piece illustrated; Devaux type 2, this piece illustrated; Prid. 14, this piece illustrated). Central hole, some staining, otherwise very fine, of the highest rarity; believed the only known specimen
£400-600
Provenance: J.K. McDowell Collection, Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1221, part).
1276
CASTRIES, Peter and Co, uniface brass Fourpence by Neal, PETER AND CO around value, 38mm, 9.62g (Lyall 479; Devaux type 13; Prid. 11 [Sale, lot 328]; Ford 682; Tankersley 379); uniface brass Twopence, similar, 32mm, 6.18g (Lyall 478; Devaux type 12; Prid. – [Sale, lot 327]; Dev. Type 12; Ford 682) [2]. Fine, first rare, second tarnished
£60-80
Provenance: Second J.K. McDowell Collection, Coin Galleries Mailbid Sale, 15 November 1989 (1221, part)
1277 1272
CASTRIES, Chastanet, uniface brass, CHASTANET SAINT LUCIA, wreath below, 25.5mm, 5.59g (Lyall 466; Devaux type 1; Prid. 15; Ford 679; Tankersley 376). Central hole, very fine, rare
£60-80 Provenance: Bt D. Engleberg August 1967 Additional lot images may be found on our website
CASTRIES, Peter and Co, uniface square brass [Day] (2), PETER AND CO, seriffed lettering, 27mm, 5.61g (Lyall 481; Devaux type 15; Prid. – ; Ford 683; Tankersley 379), similar, sans serif lettering, 25.5mm, 4.07g (Lyall 482; Devaux type 16; Prid. – [Sale, lot 330]; Ford 683; Tankersley 379) [2]. Fine to very fine, both rare £80-100
Provenance: First R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1042; second bt J.D. King 1971
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CASTRIES, Peter and Co, uniface oval brass Shilling by Neal, PETER AND CO above value, 42 x 24mm, 5.89g (Lyall 480; Devaux type 14; Prid. 8 [Sale, lot 329]; Ford 683; Tankersley 379). Very fine
£40-60 Provenance: SCMB March 1974 (W 113).
Peter and Co, established in 1891 by William Peter, was the leading coaling operater in St Lucia; Peter himself was known colloquially as ‘King Cole’
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