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19th Century, Chesham, a uniface brass Shilling check, edge grained, 27mm, 5.72g; Chesham Co-operative Society Ltd, brass 2lb Bread check, value both sides, 31mm, 7.36g/12h; aluminium Half Quartern Flour check, value both sides, 25mm, 1.24g/6h; aluminium S[elf] R[aising Flour] check, similar, 19mm, 0.76g/6h; Chesham & Wycombe Co-operative Society Ltd, 2lb Bread checks (3), in brass, zinc and red fibre, value both sides, all 31mm, 7.62g/12h, 7.01g/12h, 1.63g/12h; brass 1lb Bread check, similar, 29mm, 5.46g/12h; triangular copper checks (2), for 1 Pint Milk, value both sides, 32 x 28mm, 4.87g/12h, and Half Pint [Milk], similar, 25 x 23mm, 2.81g/12h; octagonal aluminium checks (2), for 1 Pint Milk, value both sides, 30mm, 2.27g/12h, and Half Pint Milk, similar, 25mm, 1.39g/12h; Chesham, Wycombe & Tring Co-operative Society, red fibre 2lb Bread check, value both sides, 1.44g/12h [13]. Very fine, a good group for the town, several scarce (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Preston-Morley Buckinghamshire Collection: Tokens.

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Provenance:
*Chesham 1s bt A Judd July 1990.
Chesham CSL: 2lb Bread bt from Blue Peter Appeal, October 1983.
Half Qtn Flour bt A Judd October 1995.
SR bt G Scott May 1989.
Chesham & Wycombe CSL: 2lb Bread brass bt Format May 1983.
2lb Bread zinc and red fibre both bt A Judd August 1995.
1lb Bread bt J Whitmore November 1989.
Copper 1 Pint Milk bt A Judd August 1995.
Copper Half-Pint Milk bt A Judd July 1990.
Aluminium 1 Pint Milk bt G Scott May 1989.
Aluminium Half-Pint Milk bt J Whitmore November 1989.
Chesham, Wycombe & Tring CSL bt J Whitmore May 1991.

Chesham Co-operative Society Ltd, established 1875.
Chesham & Wycombe Co-operative Society Ltd, established 1920.
Chesham, Wycombe & Tring Co-operative Society, established 1948