British Tokens

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, 1899, bright aluminium, side elevation of Church of St John the Baptist, rev. esse quam videri, etc, edge plain, 38mm, 6.77g/12h (W 3034; Bell, 1966, A1). Extremely fine £40-£60

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: Bt S.E. Schwer August 1985.

Samuel Henry Hamer (1859-1930), engineer and lathe chuck manufacturer, Range lane, Halifax, from 1888, lived at Bank House, Halifax; noted iron founder, antiquary and token collector; co-author with Richard Dalton of the standard work on British 18th century tokens. He retained a keen interest in photography and clocks, particularly in later life. The dies for his tokens were ordered from the Birmingham medallists J.A. Restall