British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Cheltenham, Shakespeare Inn, Benjamin Land, brass Threepence, bust of William Shakespeare left, rev. bowling saloon around value, eg, 26mm, 7.02g/12h, A. Griffiths, brass Shilling, rev. value, ep, 25mm, 4.84g/12h; Slate Bowling Alley, T[om] Cooke, brass Threepence, vernon ale & porter stores, rev. value, ep, 27mm, 4.78g/12h, Tom Cooke, uniface brass Threepence, back scratched W 85 N, eg, 24mm, 3.78g; Suffolk Arms Bowling Alley, brass Threepence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 24.5mm, 5.10g/12h; Sydney Arms Concert Hall, [Frederick] Bretherton, brass Threepence by T. Pope & Co, rev. value, eg, 27mm, 5.57g/6h; Tivoli Inn, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 24mm, 4.50g/12h [7]. Second extremely fine, others generally about very fine (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
Third bt October 1973
Fourth bt D.G. Vorley October 1990

First only illustrated. Shakespeare Inn, High street; Suffolk Arms, 40 Suffolk road; Sydney Arms, 19 Pittville street, proprietor Frederick Augustus Bretherton, in Slater’s 1858 directory