Lot 1935

Description

St. Lucia, Peter & Co, coaling tallies in brass 4 (4 pence), no value stated, square with serifs*, without serifs, N (for night) with serifs*, without serifs (Lyall 479, 481-5) & Co. Ld. 2*; 4 (4, 3 with two points up, one with one point up) one shilling* (2); D (for Day)* (3); N (for night) (3) (Lyall 486-91 complete). Those with * illustrated. A nearly complete run including six duplicates. Fine - extremely fine, some rare, especially Lyall 485. (18)

Ex W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 61 (lot 1367) and previously purchased as three ex D. Carr (lots 363-5) Collection (two ex Lepczyk Sale September 1978 lots 1201-2), three from Seaby in 1975, the others all ex Spink Sale 106 (lots 1245-8) (the eleventh ex Bob Lyall, five others ex Ray Byrne Collection lots 1030, 1037, 1041, 3, 4), one Lyall 491 ex G. Patterson Collection in 1977.