British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Hereford, A. Andrew, brass, rev. pair of trousers, ep, 25mm, 4.36g/12h; Bowling Green, uniface brass Three-Halfpence, back countermarked b, eg, 21mm, 3.10g (Whitmore 15); Heart of Oak, uniface brass Threepence, ep, 26mm, 4.99g (Whitmore 28); Hereford Brewery, brass Twopence by R. Neal, rev. value, ep, 28mm, 5.64g/6h; Imperial Brewery, C[harles] Watkins, brass, rev. compare our goods & prices with those of other houses, eg, 24mm, 4.74g/12h (Whitmore 31); Imperial Hotel, brass Fourpence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 26mm, 5.45g/12h (Whitmore 33); Industrious Aid Society, Soup Distribution, brass One Quart, rev. value, ep, 24mm, 5.96g/6h; Kerry Arms Hotel, T. Hill, brass Threepence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 23.5mm, 3.96g/12h (Whitmore 34); Sun Tavern, J. Bannister, brass Threepence by C. Dipple, value both sides, ep, 25mm, 5.66g/6h (Whitmore 58) [9]. First extremely fine, others very fine (£250-300)

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:
Second bt B. Hooper March 1984
Third from J. Durnell by exchange July 1981
Sixth bt Gray January 1986
Eighth bt L.A. McCarthy November 1987.

Fifth only illustrated. A. Andrew, draper and clothier, High Town; Bowling Green, Bewell street; Heart of Oak, Newtown road; Imperial Brewery and Hotel, Widemarsh street, proprietor Charles Watkins 1851-83; Kerry Arms Hotel, Commercial square; Sun Tavern, St Peter’s street