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

№ 1103

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£95

Gloucester, Llanthony Bridge Inn, Ford & Witts, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value, countermarked sm [Sidney Mitchell], on obv., eg, 23.5mm, 4.68g/11h, brass Twopence-Halfpenny, rev. value, countermarked sm [Sidney Mitchell] on obv., eg, 23.5mm, 4.68g/12h, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value, countermarked sm [Sidney Mitchell] on obv. and mr on rev., eg, 23.5mm, 4.43g/11h; Locomotive Inn, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 25mm, 5.47g/12h; Lower George Hotel, C.H. Barker, brass Threepence, rev. value, ep, 26mm, 5.11g/12h [5]. Last two very fine, others good fine or better (£70-100)

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:
First bt F. Stevens September 1984
Second bt Bayliss July 1984
*Third bt D.G. Vorley October 1990
Fourth bt R. Lyall June 1991
Fifth bt Format September 1990.

Llanthony Bridge Inn, 7 Llanthony road, proprietors Sidney Stephen Mitchell 1919, Mrs Emily Mitchell 1927; Locomotive Inn, 5 Cambridge street; Lower George Hotel, 60 Westgate street