British Tokens

Lancashire, Manchester, Art Treasures Exhibition, oval uniface nickel Employees’ ticket, stamped 411, 28 x 23mm (Lyall, TCSB 11, p.428); Bull’s Head, Flora Gardens, 1822, James Platford, copper, 23mm (Lyall, TCSB 11, p.429; W 1282; D & W 60/120); Dog & Partridge Music Saloon, T. Lomas, brass, 22mm (Lyall, TCSB 11, p.428; W 792); Free Trade Hall, 1856, oval silver, named (Jas. Pickles) and numbered (96), 31 x 24mm (Lyall, TCSB 11, p.429, this piece described; W 1045), Area, brass bracteate, 30mm (Lyall, TCSB 11, p.429); Gaiety Theatre, Charlie Chaplin in ‘The Gold Rush’, 1926, brass, 26mm (W 934); Grecian [’s Head, Music] Hall, [John Bennett], stamped brass, 36mm (Lyall, TCSB 11, p.429, this piece) [7]. Fine to very fine, fourth and last rare £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tickets and Checks from the Collection of Bob Lyall.

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Provenance: First and third bt 1990; second bt 1991; fourth bt 1999; fifth bt 2003; sixth bt 1996; last bt 2007