The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 15, April 13, 2003, Article 6

FORD WEST INDIAN SALE

  Bob Lyall writes: "Might I make a small amendment to your
  claim that the entire collection of John J Ford Jr. is being sold
  by Stack's?  His West Indian cut/countermarked coins were
  sold by auction in London on the 16th October 1989 by
  Glendinings, after being catalogued by Peter Mitchell of A H
  Baldwin & Sons Ltd (who I assisted).

  The sale did include 7 gold "joes", and 2 guineas,
  countermarked by North American goldsmiths with initials I.B,
  W.T, I.S and script B in addition to 26 West Indian plugged
  and/or countermarked gold coins (mostly joes) and around
  250 silver and billon West Indian coins plus some 70 lots of
  coins countermarked in other countries.

  The evening after the sale was memorable in so much as
  Baldwin's threw a dinner party for the main bidders.  The
  party was held in Rules Restaurant just off the Strand in
  London, a popular venue for Edward, Prince of Wales,
  later Edward VII, to dine Lilly Langtree privately."

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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