Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, DORSET, Sherborne, Sun Inn, 1844, brass, triangular punchmark on rev., 23mm (cf. Young 108), Weymouth, Weymouth Coffee Tavern, brass Penny, 29mm (Young 137; Owens 51); LANCASHIRE, Bolton, Star Inn, T. Sharples, Concert Room, brass, 32mm (Courtney p.161; D & W 51/62), Liverpool, Bear’s Paw, J.H. Cobham, white metal, 33mm; SOMERSET, Bridgewater, Bristol Arms Hotel, E[lizabeth] Wippell, copper Twopence, 25mm (SPHT 137), Frome, Waggon & Horses Inn (2), R. Govier, copper, 25mm, brass Threehalfpence by Smith, 25mm (SPHT 200, 200b); STAFFORDSHIRE, Brierly Hill, Horse Shoe Inn, brass Threepence, obv. countermarked tp and star, 27mm (W 5516); GLAMORGANSHIRE, Aberavon, Red Lion, D. Jones, brass Threepence by Durning, 23mm (Cox 136); MONMOUTHSHIRE, Blaina, Rolling Mill Inn, Dan Drew, brass Threepence by Leonard, 24mm (Cox 1006); Uncertain locality, Duke of Monmouth, brass Penny, 29mm (Owens –), Higginbottom’s Coffee Tavern, brass Penny, 32mm [12]. Fine to very fine £90-£120

Provenance: R.H. Thompson Collection [first from J. Whitmore November 1987]