DANISH WEST INDIES. St. Thomas. L. Tissot & Co. Copper-Nickel 10 Cents Mexic Token, ND (ca. 1890). PCGS Genuine--Cleaned, Unc Details.
Sieg-56; H-58. No real evidence of handling is observed, though some minor cleaning as noted is seen though lightly scattered hairlines. Nevertheless, a SCARCE and desirable token issue, especially when encountered this presentable. Born in Amsterdam, Louis Tissot was a shopkeeper and rum merchant beginning in 1889. His are the last of the Danish West Indies token series, which were born as a solution by local merchants to prevent losing money when making change (as the value of the Mexican Peso-- the dominant coin in the Danish West Indies --was always fluctuating). On 4 November 1892, the Danish Governor of the islands forbade the further importation and issuance of private tokens.
Estimate: $800.00- $1200.00