Lot 2367

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 R. Climpson Collection, Noble Numismatics Sale 85 (lot 1935) and previously 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.