Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Tokens (Early 19th century), Douglas (?), S. Ash, a copper (?) ticket (perhaps for a Farthing), s · ash, rev. from the same die as Lot 385, edge plain, 5.14g/12h (W 2059; D 7 var.; Prid. 50; cf. Guard 545). Fine scratching or tooling both sides, obverse good fine, reverse about fine, of the highest rarity without the additional countermark £1,000-1,500

Provenance: Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 482; R.J. Ford Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 79, 15 October 1990, lot 230; R. Cain Collection, Spink Auction 145, 12-14 July 2000, lot 2775.

The metal content of these pieces has been variously quoted as copper (Dalton, Pridmore, Mackay, Withers, etc) or brass (the cataloguer of the Guard sale). The following piece is certainly brass