Auction Catalogue

28 & 29 November 2001

Starting at 1:00 PM

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Ancient, Celtic, British and World Coins. Historical and Art Medals, Numismatic Books

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 1066

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29 November 2001

Hammer Price:
£45

19th Century, Chilterns, Chilterns Co-operative Society Ltd, green plastic 1 Pint Milk check, rev. value, 25mm, 0.85g/12h; Chiltern Urban District Council, aluminium National Transport tokens (6), viz. octagonal 20 Pence (4), revs. tramcar 1903, double-decker bus 1949, Class 508 train 1980, and Metrocar 1981, all edges plain, 25mm, 1.50g/12h, 1.50g/12h, 1.48g/12h, 1.47g/12h, 10 Pence, 21mm, 1.10g/12h, and 5 Pence, 28mm, 1.76g/12h; Colnbrook, Reffell Mildridge, copper Shilling check, rev. value, edge plain, 27mm, 5.82g/12h; Great Brickhill, a uniface brass tag, w.morris gt brickhill bletchley in four lines, 24mm, 4.00g [9]. Colnbrook very fine and very rare, last holed, others extremely fine and better (£25-35)

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

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Provenance:
Chilterns CSL bt A Judd October 1990.
All Chiltern UDC bt J Tolson May 1989.

*Colnbrook D G Vorley Collection, Glendining Auction, 12 October 1994, lot 734 (part).

Gt Brickhill bt R Hayes March 1998.

Chilterns Co-operative Society Ltd, established 1962.
Chiltern UDC, based at Amersham, introduced National Transport tokens to provide concessionary travel facilities on 26 October 1986; the 20p value was first issued on 1 April 1984, the 10p in 1979 and the 5p in May 1975. Sold with a relating letter