Auction Catalogue

6 October 2010

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 981

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6 October 2010

Hammer Price:
£120

Unofficial Farthings, STAFFORDSHIRE, Newcastle-under-Lyme, William Howson & Son (BWS 3770), Josiah Robey, 1851 (2, BWS 3780, 3785); Smethwick, Lea & Edwards (BWS 4630); Stafford, Thomas Bamford (BWS 4760), Isaac Barton (BWS 4770), T. Hill, 1836 (BWS 4790); Stone, Thomas Lucas (BWS 4890); Uttoxeter, J.A. Dowdeswell (BWS 4950); Walsall, Scholey (BWS 4990); West Bromwich, E. Maud (BWS 5040), William Ward (BWS 5060); Willenhall, John Austin, 1844 (BWS 5120), Rushbrooke (2, BWS 5130, different obv. dies) [15]. BWS 3780, 4770 and 5040 about fine, others fine to very fine, some better, 4790 and 4950 rare £90-120

Provenance: BWS 3770 and 4950 Format FPL 65, November 2005 (6404, 6415); BWS 3780, 3785, 4770, 4890 and 5120 A.B. Pardoe Collection duplicates [3780 from C. Brunel October 1985, 3785 from M.J. Dickinson April 1989, 4770 from G. Berry May 1983, 4890 from Baldwin March 1983, 5120 from Baldwin December 1985], additionally: BWS 3785 R.N.P. Hawkins Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot 325 (part); BWS 4790 bt Seaby 1971