Miscellaneous Checks, Lincolnshire, Boston, Peacock Hotel, Daniel Jackson [Jr], brass Three-Halfpence, obv. peacock, 26mm (Hutchinson 50; Gunstone A6; Noble II, 514), Peacock & Royal Hotel, R[obert] Clemow, brass Three-Halfpence, obv. peacock, 26mm (Hutchinson 55; Gunstone A7; Noble II, 1170); Red Lion Hotel, Thomas Minton, brass Three-Halfpence by H. Smith, obv. rampant lion, 27mm (Hutchinson 75; Gunstone –), The Boston Hotel Co [Matthew Enderby], brass Three-Halfpence, obv. rampant lion, 26mm (Hutchinson 80; Gunstone –); Lincoln, Bainbridge’s, zinc, rev. cathedral, 24mm [5]. First very fine, second extremely fine, last fine, others about extremely fine £40-60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger.

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Provenance: First bt B.M. Greenaway September 1995; *second bt J. Whitmore November 1982; *third bt M. Eden October 1998; fourth bt J. Whitmore May 1989; fifth bt R. Hayes August 1996).

Peacock Hotel, 26 Market place, renamed the Peacock & Royal Hotel in 1880 after a visit by the Duke of Edinburgh and his entourage and now the site of Boots, proprietors Daniel Jackson Jr (†1868, aged 52), 1840-68, Robert Henry Clemow (1851-1913), 1887-1913; Red Lion, 22 Bargate, until the end of 2008 the site of Woolworths, proprietor Thomas Poland Minton (†1869, aged 43), 1851-69; Boston Hotel Co, incorporated 1893, acquired assets of the Red Lion Hotel and installed Matthew Enderby, a director, as proprietor, but Enderby retired 1900; Bainbridge’s, drapers and clothiers, est. by 1842