Stack's Bowers Galleries

Spring 2025 Auction  –  31 March - 4 April 2025

Stack's Bowers Galleries, Spring 2025 Auction

Live Sessions: U.S. Coins and Currency, Physical Cryptocurrency

Part 1: Mo, 31.03.2025, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 2: Tu, 01.04.2025, from 5:00 PM CEST
Part 3: Tu, 01.04.2025, from 11:00 PM CEST
Part 4: We, 02.04.2025, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 5: Th, 03.04.2025, from 6:00 PM CEST
Part 6: Th, 03.04.2025, from 8:00 PM CEST
Part 7: Fr, 04.04.2025, from 12:00 AM CEST
Part 8: Fr, 04.04.2025, from 8:00 PM CEST
The auction is closed.

Description

1677 Dutch Fleet Burned and French Colony at Tobago Preserved Jeton. Betts-57. Brass. VF-30 (PCGS).
26 mm. 70.9 grains. The Small Letters variety (as described by Robert Levinson in the MCA Advisory ). Woodgrained dark olive and tan on smooth, glossy surfaces. An often-encountered jeton that copied the designs of the Paris Mint Tobago medal. It was struck in France by an engraver variously named as Nyris or Nilis.
From the Joe Foster Collection. Earlier ex John W. Adams Collection.

Estimate: $150

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Price realized 120 USD
Starting price 1 USD
Estimate 150 USD
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