TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS Trinidad
1287
Macaulay & Babington, Restrike Proof Penny, 1807 [struck c. 1830], from the same dies as previous, 36mm, 24.37g/12h (Vice 2; KM. Tn1.1). Virtually as struck with full original colour
£300-400
Provenance: W. Raymond Collection, NASCA Auction (New York), 4-5 May 1978, lot 2733
1291
CHAGUARAMAS, Tucker’s Valley Estate, uniface brass 1 Task, TUCKER’S VALLEY ESTATE 1 TASK, 34mm, 8.12g (Lyall 513; Prid. –; Ford –; Tankersley –). Central hole, dull appearance, otherwise very fine, rare
£100-150 Provenance: Bt C. Plante September 1994.
In 1854 the British Government sent William John Sanger Tucker, originally from Bishops Nympton, Devon, to Trinidad to help expand trade relations with Venezuela. Tucker aquired the 5,500 acre La Cuesa estate and renamed it the Tucker Valley Estate. It is thought that the tallies date to the period between 1885, when the estate was first planted with cacao trees, and 1905, when the estate was acquired by Trinidad Land & Finance Co
1288
Macaulay & Babington, Restrike Proof Penny, 1807 [struck c. 1830], from the same dies as previous, 36mm, 22.71g/12h (Vice 2; KM. Tn1.1a). Extremely fine, bronzed £200-250
Provenance: SCMB April 1976 (R 644) 1292
CHAGUARAMAS, Tucker’s Valley Estate, uniface brass 1 Task, from the same die as previous, back stamped WT [William Tucker], 34mm, 8.20g (Lyall 514, this piece; Prid. –; Ford 697; Tankersley –). Central hole, fine, very rare
£150-200
Provenance: National Museum & Art Gallery, Port of Spain, in trade c. 1973
1289
Macaulay & Babington, Restrike Proof Penny, 1807 [struck c. 1830], in gilt-copper, from the same dies as previous, 36mm, 24.74g/12h (Vice 2A; KM. Tn1.1a). Brilliant and virtually as struck, rare
£400-500
Provenance: Joseph Lepczyk Auction (Washington DC), 24-5 February, 1978, lot 1776
Surinam 1290
COMMEWIJNE, Plantage Marienberg, uniface brass 25 Cents, PLANTAGE MARIENBURG divided by value, back stamped M, 22 x 20.5mm, 3.51g (Byrne 237; Tankersley 397; Rulau 16); uniface brass 10 Cents, similar, back stamped Z, 21 x 19mm (Byrne 236; Tankersley 398; Rulau 15); Telesur Suriname, zinc telephone token, TELE SUR within incuse telephone logo border, rev. NATIONAAL, 23mm, 4.50g/6h (Tankersley 398) [3]. Fine, second doubly pierced as a distinguishing feature
£40-50
Provenance: First Jacques Schulman Auction (Amsterdam), 25-7 September 1979, lot 2139; second bt R. Lyall 1985; last Laurens Schulman Auction (Bussum), 14-15 November 1994, lot 905 (part).
The sugar plantation at Marienburg was acquired by the Nederlandsch-Handelmaatschappij in 1881. The owners paid what was reputed to be the lowest wages of all plantation owners in Surinam, and a labour dispute in July 1902 resulted in colonial troops deliberately opening fire, killing some 25 workers
Additional lot images may be found on our website 1293
CHAGUARAMAS, Tucker’s Valley Estate, uniface brass 1 Rod, TUCKER’S VALLEY ESTATE 1 ROD, 23.5mm, 3.72g (Lyall 515; Prid. –; Ford 698; Tankersley 401). Central hole, very fine, rare
£80-100 Provenance: Bt K.V. Eckardt
1294
CHAGUARAMAS, Tucker’s Valley Estate, uniface brass 1 Rod, from the same die as previous, back stamped WT [William Tucker], 23.5mm, 3.81g (Lyall 516; Prid. –; cf. Ford 698; cf. Tankersley 402). Central hole, somewhat discoloured and only a portion of the W stamp on the back visible, otherwise about very fine, rare
£60-80
Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1195
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