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Guanaja and Utilla Bay Island Token Quartet, Four diverse and atypical issues were produced for the other two primary Bay Islands. Guanaja is the larger island a bit north and east of Ruatan. Off of its central southern coast is a tiny island of Bonacca, a cay which is densely populated and contains most of the population of Guanaja! Its clear warm waters support a barrier reef second only to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Rulau ILB -5 in VG is a 24mm aluminum as described by him. Whereas that piece indicated "12" of its unspecified units, our second piece in VG is a 19mm aluminum which shows a value in trade of "6". It was issued by Geo. F. Haylock & Sons of Bonacca of Rep. Honduras. C.A. Final Bonacca is a F- VF 23mm brass of Kirkconnel Bros. with value 1 Real, not the typical ½ Real; it is illustrated as Rulau Grc -5. Fourth piece is from Utilla, the third and smallest Bay Island, SW of the others. It is a "fetching" 19mm octagonal in brass for R. Woodville & Son. The father lived from 1843 until 1920 and married Fanny Warren whose family is of greater token fame on Ruatan. Rulau lists it as ILB -23 with a photo of one side and an erroneous description of the other. When Dana obtained this nice EF in 1978 it was the "discovery piece"; he distributed rubbings in 1990 and always judged it very rare.From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 400-600 USD
Guanaja and Utilla Bay Island Token Quartet, Four diverse and atypical issues were produced for the other two primary Bay Islands. Guanaja is the larger island a bit north and east of Ruatan. Off of its central southern coast is a tiny island of Bonacca, a cay which is densely populated and contains most of the population of Guanaja! Its clear warm waters support a barrier reef second only to Australia's Great Barrier Reef. Rulau ILB -5 in VG is a 24mm aluminum as described by him. Whereas that piece indicated "12" of its unspecified units, our second piece in VG is a 19mm aluminum which shows a value in trade of "6". It was issued by Geo. F. Haylock & Sons of Bonacca of Rep. Honduras. C.A. Final Bonacca is a F- VF 23mm brass of Kirkconnel Bros. with value 1 Real, not the typical ½ Real; it is illustrated as Rulau Grc -5. Fourth piece is from Utilla, the third and smallest Bay Island, SW of the others. It is a "fetching" 19mm octagonal in brass for R. Woodville & Son. The father lived from 1843 until 1920 and married Fanny Warren whose family is of greater token fame on Ruatan. Rulau lists it as ILB -23 with a photo of one side and an erroneous description of the other. When Dana obtained this nice EF in 1978 it was the "discovery piece"; he distributed rubbings in 1990 and always judged it very rare.From The Dana Roberts Collection and Study Group
Estimate: 400-600 USD