British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Transport, Lancashire, Liverpool, W[illia]m & Dan[ie]l Busby, oval brass Twopence, value, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 27 x 18mm, 3.37g/6h (Smith 470M; MG 1373); James Galloway, oval copper Twopence, value, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 27 x 18mm, 3.20g/12h (Smith 470O; MG 1374); John Phillips, modern oval brass restrike, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 24 x 18mm, 4.25g/12h (cf. Smith 470D; MG –); Liverpool Road & Railway Omnibus Co Ltd, oval brass Threepence, value, rev. horse-drawn omnibus, 28 x 19mm, 3.23g/6h (Smith 470H; MG 1418) [4]. Obverse of first discoloured, otherwise all very fine and better £80-100

Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection [first from A. Judd November 2001, *second from S.H. Monks September 1995, third from S.E. Schwer December 1986, fourth from Format February 2001).

William and Daniel Busby, brothers; James T. Galloway was operating an omnibus service by 1832; Liverpool Road & Railway Omnibus Co Ltd merged with the Liverpool Tramways Co in September 1870