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Auction 22180  13 Dec 2022
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Lot 516

Starting price: 10 GBP
Price realized: 50 GBP
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Isle of Man, The Manx Electric Railway Co Ltd, brass uniface, token, stamped No. 177, 37mm, 10.30g (Mackay 168e), pierced for suspension, surfaces carbon spotted, otherwise near very fine and rare.
The Manx Electric Railway was built by Alexander Bruce, a banker, Frederick Saunderson, a civil engineer and Alfred Jones Lusty, a land owner, who formed the Douglas Bay Estate company to develop land north of Douglas.

Construction started in 1893 with the short line from a depot at Derby Castle Depôt in Douglas to Groudle Glen, and regular public services started on 7 September 1893.
Estimate: £20 - £30
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