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TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS United States of America


1307 1303


Hard Times tokens (2), both 1838, kneeling slave woman in chains, revs. LIBERTY and date in wreath, both 28mm, 11.15g/12h, 10.13g/12h (Low 54; Rulau 81); OKLAHOMA, Lawton, Crow’s Nest Club, brass Free Drink, legend, rev. MONTEGO BAY around ship, 32mm, 5.51g [3]. Second fine, others very fine but first neatly pierced at top £80-100


Provenance: *First Cathy Bullowa Mailbid Sale, 15 August 2000 (290); second G. Brunk Collection, Rich Hartzog Mailbid Sale, 29 June 1999 (3110); last W. Tankersley Collection, Baldwin Auction 18.12-13 October 1998, lot 365 (part).


The Crow’s Nest, a private club, 1125 East Grove boulevard, Lawton


1308


ST CROIX, John Farchette, aluminium 5 Cents, c. 1940, similar, 20mm, 0.83g/4h (Sømod 24.712, this piece). Extremely fine, of the highest rarity; believed the only recorded specimen


£400-600 U.S. Virgin Islands 1309


ST CROIX, Huggins Taxi, blue plastic 25 Cents, c. 1975, legend, rev. value, 37mm, 2.42g/12h (Sømod 24.734; Tankersley 438; Lyall Sale 911); Steele’s Smokes & Sweets, wooden nickel, 38mm, 2.43g/6h (Tankersley 439); The Gift Shop, aluminium spinner, c. 1960, THE GIFT SHOP SOUVENIR OF ST. CROIX VIRGIN ISLANDS, rev. arrow, ROUND & ROUND SHE GOES…WHERE SHE STOPS NOBODY KNOWS


, 32mm, 1304


ST CROIX, Danish West Indies, Christian VII, 12 Skillings, 1767, rev. countermarked ST CROIX raised within a rectangular indent, 23mm, 2.81g. Coin worn, countermark very fine


£60-80


Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 78, 10 October 1990, lot 840 [from K.V. Eckardt].


The countermark was applied by George Thurland, gold and silversmith, 39 Queens Cross street, Christiansted, recorded in the 1846 census as being 66 years of age


1310 1305


ST CROIX, Danish West Indies, Frederick VI, 10 Skilling, 1816, obv. countermarked with script IS in shaped indent, 2.41g/12h (Meili 2259; cf. Brunk p.264); 10 Cents [1859 -79], obv. planed flat and engraved T.H, 3.00g; Christian IX, 10 Cents [1905], rev. planed flat and engraved GENDARME HOME D.W.I. 1917, 2.37g (Sømod 24.701) [3]. Fine and better £80-100


Provenance: First Marshall Collection, Spink Auction 167, 31 March 2004, lot 489; last R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 420


1311


3.04g/12h; Divi Carina Bay Casino, brass Dollar, dolphin leaping through hoop, rev. hill fort, 37mm, 21.37g/6h; Buccaneer St Croix, uniface yellow plastic fashioned in the style of a cob, 29.5mm, 1.35g; Hurricane Hugo, 1989, elongated U.S. Cent with engraved bust of A. Hamilton, 33 x 20mm, 3.00g/12h [6]. Mostly very fine


£30-40


Provenance: Second gift of K.V. Eckardt; third bt C. Plante 1995; fourth bt November 2003.


Steele’s Smokes & Sweets, Pan Am Pavilion, Christiansted


ST CROIX, Gloria’s Grocery, plastic Food Stamp tokens by Personalized Plastic Co (5), c. 1976-8, pink 50 Cents, red 25 Cents, blue 10 Cents, green 5 Cents, black Cent, name and address, revs. FOOD STAMP CREDIT IN ELIGIBLE FOODS around value, all 28.5mm, 1.08g/6h, 1.08g/12h, 1.16g/4h, 1.13g/12h, 1.14g/5h (Sømod 24.756, 757, 758, 759, 760; Tankersley 440; Lyall Sale 904) [5]. Extremely fine £20-30


Gloria’s Grocery, 8-B La Grande Princess, Christiansted


ST CROIX, Obando Supermarket, plastic Food Stamp tokens (5), yellow 50 Cents, red 25 Cents, blue 10 Cents, green 5 Cents, black Cent, ORLANDO S.M. STORE NO. 1…STORE NO. 2…with telephone numbers, revs. value, all 29mm, 1.10g/1h, 1.11g/8h, 1.23g/8h, 1.18g/7h, 1.09g/7h (Sømod 24.791, 792, 793, 794, 795; Lyall Sale 907) [5]. Extremely fine


£20-30


David Obando, supermarket proprietor, Christiansted and Frederiksted


1312 1306


ST CROIX, John Farchette, aluminium 25 Cents, c. 1940, FARCHETTE’S COLD SPOT ST. CROIX, V.I., rev. value, 26mm, 1.42g/9h (Sømod 24.710, this piece). Minor rim flaws on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, of the highest rarity; believed to be the only recorded specimen


£500-700


John Farchette (1904-84), real estate broker and night club owner, Christiansted


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ST CROIX, Robies Grocery, plastic Food Stamp tokens by Personalized Plastic Co (5), c. 1976-8, pink 50 Cents, red 25 Cents, blue 10 Cents, green 5 Cents, black Cent, ROBIES GROCERY J R C, revs. FOOD STAMP CREDIT IN ELIGIBLE FOODS around value, all 28.5mm, 1.14g/12h, 1.07g/3h, 1.13g/3h, 1.17g/3h, 1.12g/6h (Sømod 24.811, 812, 813, 814, 815; Lyall Sale –) [5]. Extremely fine


£20-30 Robies Grocery, Christiansted www.dnw.co.uk


ST CROIX, John Farchette, aluminium 10 Cents, c. 1940, similar, 25mm, 1.29g/11h (Sømod 24.711; Lyall Sale 899; Tankersley 434). Extremely fine, of the highest rarity; only two other specimens known [Lyall and Tankersley]


£300-400


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