Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Pay and Tool Checks: George Bassett & Co, white metal, 32mm; C. Booth & Son, brass (2), both 28mm; John Brown & Co Ltd, uniface brass, stamped 2821, 39mm, [Atlas Works], uniface oval enamel by Fattorini (3), stamped 00492, 17060, 37843, all 42 x 31mm; Charles Cammell & Co Ltd, Grimesthorpe Steelworks, brass, 33mm, West Forge, uniface octagonal brass, stamped 350, 31mm; John Crowley & Co Ltd, Meadow Hall Iron Works, brass (3), stamped 159, 186, 338, all 31mm; Davy & United [Engineering Co], Darnall, uniface aluminium, stamped 70, 32mm; W.T. Flather Ltd, Canteen, brass Four Shillings and Sixpence, 32mm; G.P.O. Service, Sheffield Telephone Area, brass, stamped 274 district, 30mm; William Jenkinson & Co, brass by Pasley, 33mm; The Laycock Engineering Co Ltd, oval brass, stamped 153, 44 x 27mm; The National Telephone Co Ltd, Commercial Staff, Sheffield, uniface brass, stamped 134, 30mm; N[ewton] C[hambers] & Co, Norfolk Colliery, uniface brass, 33mm, Parkgate Colliery, brass, 33mm, Smithy Wood Colliery, brass, 34mm; The Sheffield Coal Co Ltd (J.D. & Co), brass, 30mm; The United Velvet Cutters’ Association Ltd, brass by Pasley, 33mm; T[homas] Turton & Sons, uniface copper, stamped E, 25mm; Thurcroft Main Colliery, uniface brass, stamped 143, 33mm; Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd, brass (2), stamped 2642, 4997, both 32mm; Vickers Ltd, brass (2), stamped 324 sa, 4136, both 33mm; Yorkshire Engine Co Ltd, uniface brass, stamped 233, 33mm [30]. Fine to very fine, some better £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Sheffield Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by Tim Hale.

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George Bassett & Co, Owlerton, confectionery manufacturers (liquorice allsorts), established 1842; C. Booth & Son, cutlers, Sheffield House, Huddersfield; John Brown & Co Ltd, steelmakers, Atlas Works, and later shipbuilders on Clydebank; Charles Cammell & Co Ltd, steelmakers, Cyclops Iron & Steel Works; John Crowley & Co Ltd, iron and steelmakers, Kelham and Meadow Hall; Davy & United Engineering Co, ironfounders, Darnall; W.T. Flather Ltd, Standard Steelworks; Laycock Engineering Co Ltd, railway engineers, Archer road, Millhouses; Newton, Chambers & Co, coal miners and manufacturers of coal-based products, Phoenix Ironfoundry, established 1789; Sheffield Coal Co Ltd, coal miners, established 1805, subsumed within the NCB; Thomas Turton & Sons, steelmakers, Sheaf Works; Vickers Son & Maxim Ltd, steel founders, ordnance and ammunition manufacturers, later (1911) becoming Vickers Ltd, aircraft manufacturers; Yorkshire Engine Co Ltd, locomotive manufacturers, established 1865