British Tokens

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE [and LONDON], Birmingham, J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd, aluminium (2), British Industries Fair, 1922, Stand E26A, manufrs. of badges, buttons, buckles, medals, etc, rev. crest above aerial elevation of the factory, estabd 200 years, etc, edge grained, 38mm, 5.05g/12h; name, london above, birmingham below, rev. checks tokens advertising novelties, etc, edge plain, 27mm, 2.15g/12h [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine, both scarce £20-£30

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

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Provenance: Bt Format.

J.R. Gaunt & Son was founded in 1884 by James Richard Gaunt (1834-1908) and his son, Charles Frederick Gaunt (1864-1939), buttonmakers, who had relocated to Clifford street, Birmingham, by 1888, both being previously associated with Firmin & Son of Birmingham and Whitehorse yard, London. The company was restyled J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd in 1899 and by 1905 had opened a London office in Conduit street. It was acquired by the Birmingham Mint in 1973 and continued to trade until 1993