RARE Blackwood Couper - Durban - six pence - South African token - VF - holed
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NOTE: the reverse of the coin above with the date and building (below) is from the one shilling Blackwood Couper token I have for sale (see my other coins for sale). The condition of the building design side is the same as the 6d coin displayed above - but is hard to scan this coin to display the detail.
This South African trading store had three tokens, a 3d (in copper) and 6d and 1/- (in brass) issued in 1861. The coins were created because of the shortage of coins from the Crown circulating in what was then a remote region of the British Empire.I am selling all three.
They are all extremely rare today.
The company was a General Merchant and Shipping Agent. It traded from West St in Durban from 1834 but was burnt down on 1st May 1864.
More on this token can be seen at this link
See my other rare South African tokens for sale including the other two Blackwood Couper tokens in the set.
This 6d is ex Allyn Jacobs Collection (2009) and Scott Balson
