Auction Catalogue

13 March 2002

Starting at 12:00 PM

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

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

Lot

№ 919

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13 March 2002

Hammer Price:
£45

Numismatists' Tokens, London, Covent Garden, William Webster, brass Farthing-sized tokens (2), legend both sides, varieties reading 7 gt russell st and 17 gt russell st, both 19mm, edges plain, 3.23g/12h, 3.18g/12h (Batty 569-70) [2]. Extremely fine and better, the first rare with the error address (£30-40)

Provenance:
P. Preston-Morley Collection:

No.7 Glendining Auction, 10 February 1971, lot 566 (part);
bt Spink February 1971.
No.17 Glendining Auction, 23 October 1975, lot 200 (part)

William Webster (†1885) was the nephew of William Till, and succeeded him in the business