Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Tickets and Checks (Post-1830), Douglas, James Cowin & Co, brass 1 Sack by J. Park, Liverpool, c. 1860, legend around steam mills, rev. legend around value, edge grained, 27mm, 7.18g/12h (Quarmby 115; Mackay 168d; Hawkins –; cf. Cain 2801). Very fine and extremely rare, very few specimens known £400-600

Provenance: H.F. Guard Collection, Spink Auction 182, 29 June 2006, lot 533.

James Cowin & Co, millers and corn dealers, Ballaughton Mills, Braddan, listed in Slater’s Directory for 1846; by 1863 the business was being listed as James Cowin, Douglas Steam Mills, Strand street. John Park, token manufacturer, 61 Cable street, Liverpool, fl. as such 1859-63 (Hawkins p.585; Alan Kelly, pers. comm.). For a similar token for 5 Sacks, see DNW Auction 36, lot 405