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

№ 577

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7 October 2009

Estimate: £80–£100

Mining, Uncertain location, brass bracteate, 1758, c. a:c., Y (or tree) dividing date, all in three lines, 23mm, 1.68g (D & W –; Burzinski –; Seaby ST –; Brodie –). Flan crimped, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £80-100

The placing of the Y symbol relative to the date is reminiscent of a 1778 bracteate copper check from the Yardside Colliery, Kilmarnock, Ayrshire (Brodie 342); perhaps this is an earlier token from that establishment