Auction Catalogue

1 October 2014

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 606

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£170

[Adamson, J.], Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Seventeenth Century in…the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1854, 20pp (Manville 391); North, T., Tradesmen’s Tokens issued in Leicestershire in the XVII. Century, Leicester, 1857, 18pp; North T., Tradesmen’s Tokens issued in Leicestershire in the XVII. Century, Leicester, 1863, 23pp, 1 engraved plate (Manville 425), front cover inscribed to Charles Golding from the author, 8 Feb. 1867; Simpson, J., A List of the Lincolnshire Series of Tradesmen’s Tokens & Town Pieces of the Seventeenth Century, London, 1872, xvii + 136pp, engraved plates (Manville 467); Heywood, N., Lancashire and Cheshire Tokens of the Seventeenth Century, np, nd [1881], pp.64-105; Sheppard, T., Lincolnshire Tokens…in the Hull Museum, Hull, 1911, pp.115-44, engraved illustrations in text (Manville 706); Burton, F.E., The Nottingham Mint, Nottingham, 1912, pp.306-22, 5 plates, signed by P.L. Hooson, Christmas 1912; Smith, A., A Catalogue of the Town and Trade Tokens of Lincolnshire Issued in the Seventeenth Century, Horncastle, 1931, 51pp, 15 plates (Manville 905); Theobald, C.H., Doncaster Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Seventeenth Century, Doncaster, 1944, 19pp (Manville 972); Young, P., Newark on Trent, the Civil War Siegeworks, London, 1964, 108pp, plates (Manville 1116), extra information tipped-in; Whitting, P.D., Coins, Tokens and Medals of the East Riding of Yorkshire, York, 1969, 80pp, 16 plates (Manville 1206); Townsend, T.W., Seventeenth Century Tradesmen’s Tokens of Lincolnshire, the issuers, Lincoln, 1983, 61pp, 10 engraved plates (Manville 1510); together with other references on 17th century tokens (9), by Gill, Sykes, Dickinson, Sheppard, etc [21]. Publishers’ bindings; varied state, some working copies
£100-150

Provenance: Ex libris David Griffiths, additionally: Simpson, Sheppard and Smith ex libris T.W. Townsend, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 427 (part)