British Tokens

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, DUNBARTONSHIRE, Helensburgh, Gilly’s Prize Bingo, brass One Pound, 32mm, brass Unit Value, 23mm; RENFREWSHIRE, Georgetown, Scottish Filling Factory, nickel Threepence, copper Pennies (2, one with s on rev.), copper Halfpence (3, one pierced, one with s on rev.), 19, 29 and 22mm (Brodie 482); Gourock, a George VI brass Threepence [1937-48], rev. blank filed and engraved (Mrs Jenny Lang, 2 Royal St, Gourock), 21mm; Govan, Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, brass, yard time, stamped f 111, 29mm; Greenock, Allan Line Porters, brass, by Park & Coward, stamped 203, 33mm; John Bourne & Co, oval white metal, 28 x 21mm (Brodie 483, this piece); H. Buchanan & Co, brass bracteate, 50 x 34mm; Clyde Wharf Sugar Refinery, 1 Pint/Three-Farthings, zinc, 22mm (Brodie 483, this piece); Electric Theatre, square zinc, 26mm; J.B. Fulton, brass, 21mm; Joy-Sullivan, brass, stamped 23, 26mm; James Robertson, brass Penny, preserve manufacturer, 26mm (Brodie 483); John Walker & Co, brass, stamped 444, 32mm (Brodie 483, this piece); The Young Artists, West Kirk, 1893, palette-shaped nickel, 37 x 25mm; Johnstone, Loudon Bros Ltd, brass, stamped 63, 33mm (Brodie 482, this piece) [21]. Generally about very fine, some better
£120-150

Provenance: Govan bt J.G. Scott April 2008; Bourne, Clyde Wharf, Walker and Loudon N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lots 482, 483 (parts) [Bourne from A. Thomson October 1990, Clyde Wharf from P. Hanson October 1990, Loudon from M. Hood February 1987]; Electric Theatre bt B. Hennem May 2006; Fulton bt J.G. Scott November 2003; Robertson bt J.G. Scott January 2007; Young Artists bt J. Whitmore November 2007