Auction Catalogue

13 December 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 1088

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£260

Cirencester, Fleece Inn, J[ames] Trinder, brass Twopence, rev. value, ep, 23.5mm, 4.91g/12h; King’s Arms Inn, brass Twopence by T. Pope, value both sides, eg, 23.5mm, 4.99g/12h; Loyal Volunteer, H. Taylor, brass Threepence, 1867, rev. skittle ground check around value, eg, 26mm, 5.10g/12h (WC p.324); The Railway Inn, brass Threepence, early locomotive, rev. value in wreath, eg, 26mm, 5.31g/12h (Courtney p.210); Red Lion Inn, brass, lion standing left, rev. check club, etc, eg, 7.38g/12h; The Talbot, C[harles] Williams, brass Twopence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 23mm, 4.03g/6h; Three Horseshoes, A[lex] Sealy, brass Twopence, rev. quoit ground around value, eg, 5.16g/12h; White Hart, brass Three-Halfpence, 1860, hart lodged, rev. value, ep, 23.5mm, 5.91g/6h [8]. Third, fourth and fifth about fine, others about very fine (£150-200)

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:
Fifth and eighth bt D.G. Vorley October 1990
*Seventh from P. Mernick by exchange September 1998.

Fleece Inn, 41 Market place, proprietor James Trinder 1840-85; King’s Arms Inn, 80 Castle street; Loyal Volunteer, 27 Gloucester street; Railway Inn, 10 Sheep street; Red Lion Inn, Dollar street; Talbot Inn, 14 Victoria road, proprietor Charles James Williams 1885-91; Three Horseshoes, 13 Cricklade street, proprietor Alex Sealey 1840-56; White Hart, Market place, demolished 1872, proprietor in 1856 was J. Waine