Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 303

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£220

Unofficial Farthings, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Arnott Cannock & Co (2, edges plain and grained, both BWS 7280); Campbell (BWS 7460); Alex Ferguson & Co (2, different dies, both BWS 7310); Glasgow Equitable Loan & Pawnbroking Co (BWS 7300, edge plain); W. & A. Linton, 1843 (BWS 7320); C. Millar (BWS 7330); D. Millar (BWS 7340); Henry Monteith & Co, 1853 (BWS 7350); Paisley (BWS 7360); Retailers’ (3), 1828 (BWS 7370), 1830 (BWS 7380) and a concoction [14]. BWS 7280 with plain edge and the concoction about fine, BWS 7350, 7380 and 7460 fine but 7350 scratched, others about very fine and better, some rare £90-120

Provenance: BWS 7300, 7340, 7370, 7380 and concoction R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 281 (part); BWS 7320, 7360 and 7640 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 278 (part) [7320 from S.E. Schwer May 1988, 7360 from J. Whitmore November 1989, 7640 from J. Whitmore May 1995]; BWS 7350 bt J.G. Scott October 2003; others A.B. Pardoe Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 31, 17 September 1997, lot 493 (part) [BWS 7280 plain acquired January 1985, 7280 grained from V. Rogers February 1985, both 7310s and 7330 from C. Brunel October 1985]