Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Co Antrim, Belfast, Argyle Place Presbyterian Church (B 487, this piece illustrated); B, 1776 (B 655, this piece illustrated); Ballysillan Presbyterian Church, 1840 (B 708); Belfast Memorial Secession Church, Revd. G. McMahon (B 801); Sinclair Seaman’s Church (B 802); Presbyterian Church, 1829 (B 803); Rosemary Presbyterian Church, 1973, E[ric] M[oses] B[orland] (B 804, this piece illustrated); Berry Street Presbyterian Church, 1839 (B 831); B[ally]macarrett Presbyterian Church, 1838 (B 904); B[elfast] R.C., 1808 (B 987); 2 C.C (B 1365, this piece illustrated); Clifton Street Presbyterian Church, 1864 (B 1482); Donegall Street Presbyterian Church, 1838 (B 2048); Eglinton Church, 1852 (B 2403); Fisherwick Place, 1827 (B 2565); 1st S.C. B[elfast], 1776 (2, B 6182, 6183, these pieces illustrated); 2nd S.C. B[elfast] (B 6184); Townsend Street, 1835 (B 6942); York Street Presbyterian Church, 1840 (B 7285); uncertain (B 7325) [21]. Generally very fine, some better; an excellent and comprehensive city group and the best of its kind offered anywhere in the last 30 years
£600-£800

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Parker Family Collection of Irish Communion Tokens.

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Provenance: B 487, 655, 804, 1365, 2048, 6182 and 6183 L.M. Burzinski Collection; B 708, 802, 831, 1482 and 2565 Norweb Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 64B (Melbourne), 11 July 2000, lots 184, 185, 186 (parts); B 904 J.B. Nestle Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 64B (Melbourne), 11 July 2000, lot 184 (part); B 6942 H.G. Williams Collection, R.G. Bell Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part III, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 64B (Melbourne), 11 July 2000, lot 186 (part); others A.T. Macmillan Collection [801 and 803 from Kirkwood March 1987, 859 from A.D. Hamilton April 1986, 2403 from S.E. Schwer January 1984, 6184 from Ainslie October 1990, 7285 from Barnett April 1985, 7325 from A.D. Hamilton May 1986], Simmons Mailbid Sale 40, 19 February 2007 (306, 309, 311, 312, 315, 319, 323)