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La Ceiba Token Quartet of Scarcer Styles, Ceiba merchant Botica Atlantida issued a 23.3 mm brass ½ Real token with bold date "1909" of which Dana only recorded this strong VF example. Rulau received a "rubbing" of it from Dana in 1990 (as did Jerry Schimmel) which likely resulted in its insertion within his preliminary manuscript at some incorrect spot; that caused it to be numbered Atl-50 instead of being between Atl -10 and 11 as he finally placed it. Rulau Atl -21 illustrates a horrid plate coin whereas this Louis Naves 23.5 mm brass is in attractive VF and is believed rare. Third is a piece unlisted by Rulau and the only one known to Dana or his fellow researchers. Typical at 23.5mm and brass is a Medio Real for William C. Wildt of Ceiba Honduras in Fine quality. The final piece shows EL SOL and LA CEIBA on a full 30mm brass flan with identical design on either side. Unlike any other issues of the Atlantida geographic area, it was debated by Dana, Rulau, Schimmel and Robert Kennedy as to its original purpose. They decided it might have been issued in Paris around 1900 -1915 by an R. Arnold. Kennedy's forthcoming definitive token reference will include it, likely as his number 16, indicating it was a bar token used around 1909. Clearly rare, its quality is nice VF -EF.From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 400-800 USD
La Ceiba Token Quartet of Scarcer Styles, Ceiba merchant Botica Atlantida issued a 23.3 mm brass ½ Real token with bold date "1909" of which Dana only recorded this strong VF example. Rulau received a "rubbing" of it from Dana in 1990 (as did Jerry Schimmel) which likely resulted in its insertion within his preliminary manuscript at some incorrect spot; that caused it to be numbered Atl-50 instead of being between Atl -10 and 11 as he finally placed it. Rulau Atl -21 illustrates a horrid plate coin whereas this Louis Naves 23.5 mm brass is in attractive VF and is believed rare. Third is a piece unlisted by Rulau and the only one known to Dana or his fellow researchers. Typical at 23.5mm and brass is a Medio Real for William C. Wildt of Ceiba Honduras in Fine quality. The final piece shows EL SOL and LA CEIBA on a full 30mm brass flan with identical design on either side. Unlike any other issues of the Atlantida geographic area, it was debated by Dana, Rulau, Schimmel and Robert Kennedy as to its original purpose. They decided it might have been issued in Paris around 1900 -1915 by an R. Arnold. Kennedy's forthcoming definitive token reference will include it, likely as his number 16, indicating it was a bar token used around 1909. Clearly rare, its quality is nice VF -EF.From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 400-800 USD