Auction Catalogue

7 October 2009

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 521

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7 October 2009

Hammer Price:
£410

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, DORSET, Bridport, E. Holley, Draper and Outfitter, imitation brass Spade Guinea, 25mm (Hawkins –); Lyme Regis, New Commercial Inn, copper, 21mm; Sherborne, Mermaid Inn, brass Three-Halfpence, 23mm; HAMPSHIRE, Bournemouth, Wilberforce Coffee Tavern, brass Penny, 24mm; Lancashire, Liverpool, Feathers Hotel, brass by J. Park, countermarked A 2D, 24mm; St Helens, St Helens Corporation Gas Dept, brass Penny, 31mm; LONDON, Sydenham, Anchor Coffee Tavern, brass Threepence, 25mm; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Retford, F. White & Son, Auctioneers, brass Threepence, 31mm; WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Temperance Society, Saturday Night Meeting Check, copper Twopence, 33mm; WILTSHIRE, Salisbury, Salisbury CSL, 1cwt Coal, bronze, 19mm (Rains 22); Wilton, John Drew, Discount Farthing, brass, rev. church, 25mm; GLAMORGANSHIRE, Tongwynlais, Hauliers Arms, W.J. Davies, brass Threepence, 23mm (Cox 814); Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Gasworks Canteen, uniface Twopence, brass, 29mm (Noble II, 600; cf. DNW T6, 558) [13]. First in excavated state, others generally about very fine, some scarce
£100-150

Provenance: D.W. Sadler Collection [first from Wessex NS Auction (Bournemouth), 10 March 1994].

Obverses of third and twelfth only illustrated