British Tokens

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, [1899], a muled lead squeeze of the obv. dies for the Church of St John the Baptist and Kirkstall Abbey, traces only of legends, St John with tin copper above church, some letters retrograde, Kirkstall with retrograde s h h above abbey, edge plain, 43mm, 63.25g (W 3035; Bell, 1966, A1/A2). As made; probably the only known example £50-£80

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

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Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 693 (part); bt J. Whitmore November 1999