Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals, Cabinets & Books

LONDON, De la Rue Engineering Ltd, cupro-nickel advertising checks (2), one a mule with heaton’s 20th century coins rev.; William Griffin, a brass check, 1843, 26mm, 9.49g (Hawkins p.812, no. 8); William Joseph Taylor, Trials for brass Fourpence and Twopence, both 28mm, 7.34g, 8.15g (Hayes I, p. ix); William Warrington, a brass check, 1843, 23mm, 5.94g (Hawkins pl. 30, 11); BIRMINGHAM, Samuel Hiron, brass whist marker, 24mm, 4.55g (Hawkins p.297, item a); Sir Josiah Mason, a cupro-nickel check, c. 1875, 26mm, 7.52g (cf. Tansley 502); Howard Ryland, a brass advertising check, 26mm, 5.77g (Hawkins pl. 19, 10); Vaughton Bros, a cupro-nickel card counter, 23mm, 3.93g; BRADFORD, Fattorini & Sons, a brass check, 23mm, 4.12g; OTTAWA, Royal Canadian Mint, Test token, in bronze, 19mm, 3.13g (cf. Tansley 489) [12]. Mason as struck, others fine and better £80-100