Auction Catalogue

1 October 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 573

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£430

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, ISLE OF MAN, Douglas, Brown’s Theatre Royal Hotel, uniface brass Twopence, 25mm (Mackay 139; Kelly 2; Ford I, 239); Falkner’s Bazaar, brass, 22mm (W 6920; Mackay 157; Kelly 17; Ford 243); King William’s College, brass Penny, 26mm (Mackay 159; Ford 247); Onchan, Internment Camp, copper Penny and brass Halfpenny, 21 and 18mm (Mackay 137-8; Kelly 47-8; Ford 248); together with tokens of the Isle of Wight (3, one in silver) [8]. First with spot on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, others very fine, one or two better £200-250

Provenance: A.N. Vayle Collection [*first bt J.D. King September 1995, second E.C. Leslie Collection, Henry Christensen Auction 77 (New York), 26 June 1981, lot 1445, bt P. Bosco November 1994, third bt J.D. King November 1997, fourth bt J. Schimmel October 1986]