David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Pye, C., Provincial Coins and Tokens, Issued from the Year 1787 to the Year 1801. 1st edn, Birmingham, for Knott & Lloyd, London, L.B. Seeley, 1801. 4to, brown cloth boards. Title page; Names of Die-sinkers and Manufacturers; 2pp. Advertisement by Pye (preface) dated 1801; 14pp Index (pp.5-18); 59 engraved plates (of tokens), (1-52, 15*, 18* & 35*, first state of plates 2, 4, 12, and 47 in addition to the usual final states). Very rare with first state plates (Manville 255). £350-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Literature.

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Provenance: Ex libris T.A. Jan, Spink Auction 26, 9 February 1983, lot 394