Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 258

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£220

Miscellaneous Checks, Lancashire, Heyside, Bull’s Head, John Smethurst, copper Twopence, obv. bull’s head, 28mm; Heywood, Dog and Partridge, Thomas Fenton, copper, rev. dog with partridge in its mouth, 24mm (TCC p.312); Hulme, Bull’s Head, Flora Gardens, 1822, 22mm (Courtney, p.160 and pl.9, 5; UFS 1830; D & W 60/120), White House Hotel (2), brass, rev. crossed rifles and swan, 28mm (Courtney pp.46, 63 and pl.7, 5 [dated to 1833]; D & W 60/124; MG 822; Noble II, 775), copper, rev. swan, 23mm (D & W 60/125; UFS 1840; Noble II, 775) [5]. Fine to very fine, second rare £50-70

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 B. Hennem FPL 10, February 2003, bt B. Hennem October 2003; *second bt S.E. Schwer June 1983; third bt N.A. Clark September 1991; fourth bt S.E. Schwer November 1982; fifth bt B.M. Greenaway September 1996).

Dog and Partridge, Rochdale road east, Captainfold, proprietor Thomas Fenton 1864-73, sold with further notes supplied to S.E. Schwer in 1983; the White House Hotel changed its name in 1855