Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 305

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£280

Unofficial Farthings, MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, B. Campbell (BWS 7060); Caverhill & Co (2, copper and brass, both BWS 7070); Alexander Edie, 1838 (BWS 7100); Knox, Samuel & Dickson (2), 1861 (BWS 7150), undated (BWS 7160); MacGill (2), undated (BWS 7180, edge plain), 1861 (BWS 7190) [8]. BWS 7180 extremely fine, BWS 7100 fine, others generally about very fine and better, several rare £90-120

Provenance: BWS 7060, 7150 and 7190 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 280 (part) [BWS 7060 from R. Pratt January 1989, 7150 from N.A. Clark March 1984, 7190 from W. Allen March 1973]; BWS 7070s A.B. Pardoe Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 31, 17 September 1997, lot 491 (part) [copper from Baldwin March 1983, brass from D.G. Vorley February 1994]; BWS 7100 from J. Whitmore May 2003; BWS 7160 from J.L. Holman March 1999; BWS 7180 bt J. Whitmore November 2001