British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bristol Commercial Token Bank Co, imitation Shilling, 1811, in copper, rev. silver plated, arms and crest within Garter, rev. flag on tower above that on mast, tail of serpent nearly touches n of token, rev. legend, reading augt 22, garrett, terrail, edmd bird, gregg, etc, edge plain, 5.96g/12h (D Somerset 34; cf. DNW T6, 131). Extremely fine and very rare £200-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by John Akins.

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Provenance: I.F.W. Devereux Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 348; D. Pennock Collection, DNW Auction 140, 15-16 March 2017, lot 872