Saint Lucia
Token (Royal Mail Steam Packet Company) ND (1885) front Token (Royal Mail Steam Packet Company) ND (1885) back
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Token Royal Mail Steam Packet Company ND

1885 year
Copper 5.50 g 25 mm
Description
Location
 Saint Lucia
Type
 Trade tokens › Work encampment, mine and wage tokens
Year
 1885
Composition
 Copper
Weight
 5.50 g
Diameter
 25 mm
Thickness
 2 mm
Shape
 Round with a round hole
Technique
 Milled
Demonetized
 Yes
Updated
 2024-11-14
References
Numista
 N#122950
Rarity index
 100%

Reverse

Blank.

Edge

Plain

Comment

The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company was a British company set up in London by a Scot, James MacQueen in 1839 by Royal Charter of Queen Victoria to Carry her mails twice monthly to Barbados and the West Indies. The company became the largest shipping firm in the world by 1927. They had an office in Castries, Saint Lucia. Token issued Circa 1885.