Miscellaneous Checks, Sussex, Brighton, P[iercy] Cheesman (2), brass, 71 western road, obv. pier, 38mm (Adams et al, TCSB 8, p.61, fig. 4a, this piece), plated brass, 83 western road [8 over 9], obv. pier, 38mm (TCSB 8, p.61, fig. 4b, this piece); Eden Theatre, Pantomime, 1901-2, Mother Goose, copper, by Lauer, rev. goose and eggs, 24mm (Noble II, 718); Sam[ue]l Francis, copper, rev. pier, 28mm (TCSB 8, p.62, fig. 5; Noble II, 1179); Tho[ma]s Tamplin, 1825 (2), both copper, revs. Royal Pavilion, pier, both 27mm (TCSB 8, p.63, fig. 6, this piece, and footnote; Noble II, 1179); John Walker (2), both copper, legend, rev. pier (TCSB 8, p.63, fig. 7, this piece; Noble II, 1179), Royal Pavilion, rev. pier, both 28mm (TCSB 8, p.64, fig. 8, this piece); [James] Willing, 1887, brass, clock tower, rev. crowned shield, 26mm (Hawkins, BNJ 1963, 57) [9]. Very fine and better, an excellent town group £90-120

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 Format March 1993; second bt S.H. Monks September 1995; third bt Reading Coin Club April 1973; fourth bt J. Whitmore November 1993; fifth bt S.E. Schwer December 1987; sixth bt R. Hayes August 1996; seventh bt J. Whitmore May 1986; *eighth bt R. Hayes August 1998; ninth bt S.E. Schwer March 1991).

Piercy Cheesman, draper and laceman, 71 Western road, 1839-45, later at 83 Western road [93 Western road, Adams et al, fig. 4c, may be an error address]; Samuel Francis, draper and silk mercer, 21 St James street, fl. 1832-54; Thomas Roff Tamplin, draper, 28 New road; John B. Walker, draper and laceman, St James street; James Willing, a former stagecoach driver on the London-Bristol run in the 1840s, became a pioneer in the fields of display advertising and public relations with offices at Grays Inn road, London. Later in life he took up residence in Brighton, where he presented the town with its clock-tower commemorating the Golden Jubilee in 1887