Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, G[reat] S[outhern] & W[estern] R[ailway], uniface white metal checks (6), lozenge-shaped (2), stamped 17 and 117, both 59 x 37mm, round (4), stamped 350, 33mm, stamped 170, 32mm, stamped 89 and 168, both 31mm, former cut down; G[reat] S[outhern] & W[estern] R[ailway], B, uniface brass check, stamped 903, 31mm; G[reat] S[outhern] & W[estern] R[ailway], W, uniface oval brass check, unissued, 40 x 28mm [8]. About very fine and better £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside.

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Provenance: Second bt F. Heaney 2011; fourth bt E. Szauer 1993; sixth bt B. Seawright 1990; others bt 2015.

The Great Southern and Western Railway, established in 1844, grew by building lines and completing a series of takeovers, until by the turn of the 20th century it was the largest of Ireland's ‘Big Four’ railway networks. The core of the GS & WR was the route from Dublin Kingsbridge to Cork. The company was subsumed into the Great Southern Railway Co in November 1924