British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Miscellaneous Checks, Yorkshire, Barnsley, W.T. Carr, brass, obv. fire-grate and implements, 27mm; Bradford, Royal Colosseum, Mary Dunn (2), both brass, by S. Hiron, boar’s head, revs. a grand miscellaneous concert every evening, 32 and 24mm (TCC p.335; UFS 1150 [recté Mary Dunn]; MG 474-5), Wild Boar Inn, J. Crabtree, brass Twopence, obv. boar’s head, 26mm (TCC p.347); Brighouse, Black Swan, J[ames] Crowther, brass, rev. swan, 26mm [5]. First and third very fine, latter very rare and far superior to the UFS plate coin [= R.C. Bell Collection, DNW 26, lot 275], last fine, others about very fine £60-80

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 May 1993; second bt S.E. Schwer Sept 1989; *third bt Token Congress, Manchester, Nov 1985; *fourth bt S.E. Schwer Sept 1989; fifth bt Format March 1992).

W.T. Carr, ironmonger, Cheapside; Royal Colosseum, proprietor Mary Dunn, fl. 1846-51; Wild Boar Inn, Bolton road, proprietor John Crabtree 1853-67; Black Swan, Bridge street, proprietor James Crowther, 1863-4, succeeded by his widow Sarah by 1870