British Tokens

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, 1901 (3), copper, bronzed and bright aluminium, sun in splendour on a shield, large human eye above wreath as a crest, examine with care, revs. s h h within wreath, edges time adds value to this token rare, eye dividing two oak-leaves, all 35mm, 23.50g/12h, 23.54g/12h, 7.19g/12h (W 3038; Bell, 1966, A7) [3]. Spot in obverse field of first, otherwise virtually as struck £100-£150

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

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Provenance: First W. Sykes Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 295 [gift from S.H. Hamer]; second G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 156 (part); last bt S.E. Schwer December 1980