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

№ 1091

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£140

Dursley, R.A. Lister & Co Ltd, uniface yellow celluloid Sixpence, ep, 27mm, 0.89g; Mawdsley’s Ltd, uniface brass, stamped 43, ep, 26mm, 5.13g; Elmore, Stonebench Inn, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by T. Pope, value both sides, eg, 27mm, 5.79g/12h; Forest of Dean, Miners Association, uniface brass, lodge, no.4 stamped above, no.266 stamped below, ep, 30mm, 5.43g; Framilode, Bell Inn, B. Banks, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by T. Pope, rev. value, eg, 27mm, 6.01g/12h; Darell Arms Hotel, John Rowles, brass Threeepence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 5.46g/12h [6]. Generally very fine, fourth doubly pierced (£70-90)

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 F. Schwer November 1984
Fourth bt Clapp 1982
*Fifth from A. Cunningham by exchange September 1998.

R.A. Lister & Co Ltd, manufacturers of agricultural machinery and implements, founded by Robert Ashton Lister (†1929); Mawdsley’s, founded in 1907 with the takeover of the Lister Electric Light and Power Manufacturing Co by H. St Hill Mawdsley of Barnwood, Gloucester, principally manufactured DC motors and dynamometers; Bell Inn, proprietor Eliza Banks 1891; Darell Arms Hotel, proprietor John G. Rowles 1912-13