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

№ 1144

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13 December 2006

Hammer Price:
£110

Bath, Fox & Hounds, [Frederick Miles], copper, rev. fox, countermarked m, ep, 21mm, 4.87g/11h (SPHT 46a, and p.45, this piece), brass, rev. miles above fox, eg, 22mm, 4.57g/12h (SPHT 46c), brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value in ornamented wreath, eg, 22mm, 3.23g/12h (SPHT 46e), brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value in plainer wreath, ep, 22mm, 3.41g/12h (SPHT 46f); Freemasons Tavern, W[illiam] K[nott], copper, eg, 21mm, 3.53g/12h (SPHT 47; Courtney pp.162, 173) [5]. First fine, others about very fine, last better (£90-120)

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 Cook September 1985
*Second bt J.P.R. King September 1987
Third bt J. Whitmore November 1984
Others bt J.D. Hooper.

Fox & Hounds, 31 Walcot street, proprietor Frederick Miles 1870-7; Freemasons Tavern, 6 Abbey green, proprietor William Knott 1842-9