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

№ 1143

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£110

Bath, Edinburgh Castle, W[illiam] S[waffield], brass Three-Halfpence, ep, 23.5mm, 4.37g/6h (SPHT 42a; WC p.314); Folly Pleasure Gardens and Tavern, [William or Mary] Hulbert, copper, ep, 21mm, 4.91g/12h (SPHT 44; D & W 44/10; Courtney pp.162, 166; WC p.315), G[eorge] Gait, copper, ep, 22mm, 4.37g/12h (SPHT 44b; D & W 44/8; Courtney p.170; WC p.315), F.F.S. [possibly Folly Friendly Society], 1854, copper, rev. date, ep, 30mm, 8.29g/12h (SPHT 44c, and p.44, this piece; Courtney p.170, this piece; WC p.315) [4]. About very fine (£80-100)

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 and third bt J.D. Hooper.

Last only illustrated. Edinburgh Castle, 11 Newark street, proprietors William Swaffield 1874-81, William Henry Swaffield 1882-97; Folly Pleasure Gardens and Tavern, Bathwick, proprietors William Matthew Hulbert 1833-47, Mary Hulbert 1847-54, George Gait 1855-7