Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Tickets and Checks (Post-1830), Isle of Man Races, brass cliché, c. 1870, legend around triskeles, 38mm, 5.52g (Quarmby 114; Mackay 168k; cf. R.J. Ford I, 251; cf. Guard 553); Manx Electric Railway Co Ltd, uniface brass, c. 1902, legend, stamped 168, 36mm, 10.50g (Quarmby 123; Mackay 168e; cf. R.J. Ford I, 249; cf. Cain 2796; cf. DNW 52, 1508; cf. Guard 553); Douglas, Percy Towns, Good Luck, aluminium check by J.R. Gaunt inset with 1938 Farthing, 38mm, 7.16g (Quarmby 125; cf. DNW 62, 1335; cf. Guard 541; cf. Baldwin 77, 2946) [3]. First extremely fine and scarce, others very fine, second pierced as issued £100-150

The first item is now considered to be a pass for the horse race meetings held at Camlork, Braddan, in the 1870s. The Manx Electric Railway Co Ltd was formed on 14 November 1902, when it took over the assets of the collapsed Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co Ltd; after a period of financial difficulty post-War the company was acquired by the Manx Government in 1957. Percy Towns, 62 Strand street, Douglas, was a specialist in watches, jewellery and cutlery (Alan Kelly, pers. comm.)