British Tokens

Unofficial Farthings, MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, J. Middlemass (4, BWS 7200, 7210, 7220, 7222); Muir (BWS 7225); Retailers’ (2), 1828 (BWS 7240), 1830 (BWS 7250); W. Weddell (BWS 7260); Portobello, Peter Higgins (BWS 7530) [9]. Generally very fine, BWS 7200 and 7260 better, this very rare £80-100

Provenance: BWS 7200 and 7250 A.B. Pardoe Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 31, 17 September 1997, lot 491 (part) [acquired September 1992]; BWS 7210 bt J.L. Holman May 1999; BWS 7220, 7225 and 7240 N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 281 (part) [7220 from J. Archibald March 1978, 7225 from Format January 1991, 7240 from W. Henderson February 1964]; BWS 7222 bt J.G. Scott April 2008; BWS 7260 bt J.G. Scott December 2009; BWS 7530 bt J.G. Scott October 2003