British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Miscellaneous Checks, London, Lambeth, W[illiam] Waller, copper, rev. press, 31mm (Hawkins p.872 and pl.30, 10, obv.; Noble II, 1182); London Bridge, S. Roberts, brass, obv. fish, 27mm; Old Kent Road, The Greyhound, Walter Tyler, copper Three-Halfpence by W.J. Taylor, obv. greyhound, countermarked p [Frederick Perkins and/or Emma Perkins] both sides, 29mm (Hayes p.153); Southwark, Sennett Bros, brass (2, different rev. dies, one signed Neal), obvs. rabbit, both 26mm (Noble II, 1180) [5]. First and last extremely fine, others very fine £35-45

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 J. Whitmore November 1988; *second bt R. Hayes August 1996; third bt S.E. Schwer November 1984; fourth bt J. Whitmore May 1991; *fifth bt A. Judd June 1996).

William Waller, diestamper and toolmaker, 30 Vauxhall walk, established 1835, ordered his tokens from The Mint, Birmingham, December 1893, the business ceasing in 1961; S. Roberts, fishing rod and tackle manufacturer, 10 Crooked lane; The Greyhound, 84 Upper Grange road, proprietors Walter William Tyler 1869-70, Frederick Perkins 1871-4, Mrs Emma Perkins 1875; Sennett Bros, hatters, furriers and skin merchants, Castle yard and Holland street, proprietor Christopher Sennett, previously at 114 Snow’s fields, Bermondsey