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19th Century, Aylesbury, Aylesbury Co-operative Society Ltd, brass checks (4), for 20 Shillings (2), 2.90g/12h, 2.89g/12h, and 10 Shillings (2), 2.05g/12h, 2.02g/12h, all by Ardill, Leeds; bracteate iron checks (14), for 5 Shillings (2), both 1.97g (Rains –); 2 Shillings (2), 1.62g, 1.55g; Shillings (3), 1.65g, 1.59g, 1.57g (Rains –); Sixpences (2), 2.25g, 2.22g (Rains –); Threepences (2), both 1.28g; Pennies (2), both 1.14g; Halfpenny, 1.18g (Rains –); octagonal Pint Milk brass checks (4), 4.79g/12h, 4.49g/12h, 4.45g/12h, 4.41g/12h; aluminium checks (4), for 2lb loaf, Half Qrtn. Plain Flour (3), 2.07g/12h, 2.02g/12h, 1.62g/12h, and Half Qtrn. S[elf] R[aising] Flour, 0.99g/12h (Rains –) [26]. Generally very fine, some better; some denominations not in the series’ standard catalogue (£80-100)

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

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Provenance:
Pint Milk 4.49g and 4.41g both bt from Blue Peter Appeal, October 1983.
All others Glendining Auction, 3 February 1988, lot 155 (part)