Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 299

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£150

Unofficial Farthings, ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, G. Brantingham, 1838 (BWS 6930); A. & J. Duncan (BWS 6940); Fraser & Laidlaw, 1838 (BWS 6950); Angus Fraser (BWS 6960); James Gordon (BWS 6970); William Gray, 1838 (2, thick and thin flans, both BWS 6980); North of Scotland Equitable Loan Co (BWS 6990) [8]. Generally very fine, BWS 6940 and 6960 rare £60-80

Provenance: BWS 6930, 6960, 6970 and 6990 A.B. Pardoe Collection, DNW Auction 34, 6 February 1998, lot 303 (part) [6930 from Baldwin March 1983, 6960 from B.M. Greenaway July 1987, 6990 from Seaby September 1985], additionally: BWS 6970 Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 398 (part); BWS 6940 bt J.L. Holman January 2005; BWS 6950 and 6980 thick flan R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 277 (part); BWS 6980 thin flan bt March 2009