1900 J.H. CARTWRIGHT CAPE COLONY HALF CROWN ZINC TOKEN EX. RARE!

J.H. Cartwright (Railway contractor and retail dealer) 2/6 Cape Colony Token in fine condition. Extremely rare token and probably from the Liesbeeck River Hoard, 1953. Only a few tokens were recovered from the hoard, fuller details of this interesting coin are provided in Tokens of S Africa and their History - Dr G P Theron (1978), excerpt copied below. The buyer to pay R50 P&P speed courier. Many thanks for looking.

John Henry Cartwright was a railway contractor in the Cape. In 1883 he completed the Bill Wright line over the Cape Flats then helped George Pauling and Co Ltd construct the rail line from Kimberley throught Vryburg to Mafeking. In 1897 he worked on the New Cape Central Railways from Ashton to Swellendam and from Riversdale over the Gourits River to Mossel Bay through to George. Cartwright was a meticulous man and kept a well-stocked shop in which these tokens were used. In 1912 he had his equipment and these tokens stored in stables in a shed in Rosebank. The Liesbeeck River broke its banks and washed away most of the token coins. A few were discovered in 1950 - making just eight complete sets with a balance of just thirty two 2/6; nineteen 1/- and fourteen 6d.