TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE LATE EDWARD ROEHRS


1073


GEORGETOWN, Richard Kaps, souvenir gold medalet [1910], sailing ship, rev. boat rowing to ships off a quay, TRINIDAD, etc, 13.5mm, 2.52g/12h (Prid. 70). Very fine; set into a pin mount


£50-70


1078


ST JOHN’S PARISH, white metal communion token, legend both sides, 27 x 19mm, 4.33g/6h (Lyall 124; Burzinski 1926). Some light tin pest on lower reverse edge, otherwise very fine, of the highest rarity


£300-400


Provenance: L.M. Burzinski Collection; bt D. Parker November 2001


1074


GEORGETOWN, Richard Kaps, souvenir gold medalet [1910], sailing ship, rev. waterfall, KAIETEUR FALLS BRITISH GUIANA around, 14mm, 2.24g/12h (Prid. –). Fine to very fine, extremely rare; with loop mount and ring £100-150


Provenance: DNW Auction 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 1015


1079


ST LUKE’S PARISH, white metal communion token, legend both sides, 27 x 19mm, 4.22g/6h (Lyall 125; Burzinski 1927). Flan slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine and extremely rare


£250-350


Provenance: A.T. Macmillan Collection, Simmons Galleries Mailbid Sale, 2 October 2007 (73) [from A.D. Hamilton April 1986].


St Luke’s parish church was opened in 1842 British Honduras


1075


PICKERSGILL, Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd, brass Dollar, c. 1900, legend, rev. value, 38mm, 11.95g/8h (Lyall 117; Prid. –). Spotted and tarnished, otherwise about very fine, rare


£90-120 Provenance: Bt H. Christensen November 1972.


Pickersgill Saw Mills, timber merchants and government contractors, headquartered at 93 Regent street, Georgetown


1080


BELIZE, Henry Gansz, copper Three-Halfpence, 1885, legend both sides, 20.5mm, 2.82g/12h (Lyall 129; Prid. 76; KM. Tn2). About extremely fine with a hint of original colour, rare


£150-200 Provenance: Bt R.A. Byrne 1978.


Henry Gansz, proprietor of a general store and multifaceted business in Queen street that opened in 1853, had interests in shipping and newspapers. He married his book-keeper’s sister, Johanna Winzerling, c. 1890; on his death the Gansz business passed to his brother-in-law, George Winzerling, who had emigrated to Belize from Breslau


1081


BELIZE, John Jex, brass Quarter-Rial, 1871, Indian head left, rev. value in wreath, 19mm, 2.07g/6h (Lyall 130; Prid. 75; KM. Tn1). Stained, otherwise fine


£60-80 Provenance: Bt August 1967. 1076


PICKERSGILL, Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd, brass 50 Cents, c. 1900, similar, 30mm, 7.38g/7h (Lyall 118; Prid. –). Obverse with a few spots and reverse heavily tarnished, otherwise about very fine, rare


£100-150


Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1368; bt H. Christensen


John Jex (b. Norfolk, England, 1821), general merchant, importer and wholesale provision dealer, a Methodist and considerable benefactor to the church


1082


COROZAL, Jones & Young, copper Three-Halfpence, 1875, legend, rev. value, tall numerals in fraction, 20mm, 2.71g/6h (Lyall 131; Prid. –). Fair, very rare


£50-70 Provenance: With R. Lyall; bt K.V. Eckardt 1986.


Jones & Young, retail merchants, proprietors William John Jones (†August 1883, aged 53) and David Alexander Young, both owners of sugar plantations


1077


PICKERSGILL, Pickersgill Saw Mills Ltd, brass 25 Cents, c. 1900, similar, 27mm, 4.46g/9h (Lyall 11; Prid. –). Lightly tarnished, otherwise about very fine, rare


£100-150


Provenance: R.A. Byrne Collection, Jess Peters Auction 78 (Los Angeles), 13-14 June 1975, lot 1369; bt H. Christensen


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1083


COROZAL, Jones & Young, copper Three-Halfpence, 1875, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. value, compressed numerals in fraction, 20mm, 3.77g/12h (Lyall 131 var; Prid. –). About very fine, dark patina, very rare £150-200


Provenance: Bt R. Brandon 1990 www.dnw.co.uk


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