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Miscellaneous Checks, Warwickshire, Birmingham, Black Lion, R[ichar]d Davies, brass Threepence, lion, rev. bowling saloon, 26mm (Whitmore 1258 and TCC p.304; Cox U1; Stanton U1 [Aberystwyth]); Brown Lion, R[ichar]d Parsons, brass Twopence-Halfpenny, obv. lion under palm-tree, 24mm (W 1380; Noble II, 546); Bull’s Head, W[illiam] Plume, brass Threepence, obv. bull’s head, 23mm (W 1399); Greyhound Tavern, John Southall, brass Three-Halfpence, obv. greyhound left, 25mm (W 2074); Malt Shovel, T[homas] Rider, brass Twopence-Halfpenny, obv. malt-shovel, 27mm (W 2438); Old Salmon, Tom Watson, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by S. Hiron, obv. fish, 27mm (W 2661); Phoenix, George Gregory, brass Twopence by T. Pope, obv. phoenix, 23mm (W 2712); Red Lion, [William] Clements, brass, by W. Hiron, obv. lion walking left, 27mm (W 2910; Gunstone p.37); Stag, S[amuel] Twist, brass Threepence by S. Hiron, bagatelle table, rev. stag, 27mm (W 3300); Swan, [James] Vardy, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by T. Pope, obv. swan, 27mm (W 3365); White Hart, Frederick Grew, brass Twopence, rev. hart, 25mm (W 3696); White Swan, Thomas Allen, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by Ryland & Johnson, obv. swan, 25mm (W 3762); Aston Hall & Park Co Ltd, brass Penny, obv. squirrel, 19mm (cf. D & W p.46, this denomination not listed) [13]. Generally about very fine, one or two better
£100-150

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: W 1258 bt Reading Coin Club June 1973; W 1380 bt M. Eden May 1998; W 1399 bt J. Whitmore May 1994; W 2074 bt Format Sept 1992; W 2438 bt J. Whitmore Nov 1982; W 2661 and 3762 bt B.M. Greenaway Sept 1998; W 2712 bt M. Eden Feb 1992; *W 2910 bt Token Congress, Winchester, Sept 1992; *W 3300 bt L. Bennett June 1988; W 3365 bt Format March 1992; W 3696 bt M. Eden July 1997; Aston Hall bt S.H. Monks Sept 1995).

Black Lion, attribution uncertain, could be an inn of the same name in Bridge street, Aberystwyth where the proprietor was Richard Davies 1854-61, or Bridge street, Hereford, where the proprietor was Richard Davies 1859-63; Brown Lion, 18 Hall street, prop. Richard Parsons 1861-87; Bull’s Head, Hill street, prop. William Carter Plume, previously at the Three Crowns, Suffolk street, 1852; Greyhound Tavern, 27 Navigation street, prop. John Southall 1844-77; Malt Shovel, 103 Smith street, prop. Thomas Edward Ride, 1862-7; Phoenix, near the Public Baths, prop. George Gregory; Red Lion, 58 High street, prop. William Clements 1849-55, also liquor merchant at 102 Digbeth and 47 Newtown row; Stag, 32 Broad street, prop. Samuel Twist, 1851-3, manf. of billiard and bagatelle tables; Swan, 36 Bloomsbury, prop. James Vardy 1857-64; White Hart, Church street, prop. Frederick A. Grew 1861-72; White Swan, 6 Legge street, prop. Thomas Allen 1851-4; Aston Hall & Park Co, est. in 1856 to acquire Aston Hall, but after a number of financial difficulties bought out by Birmingham Corporation in 1864