British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Lanarkshire, Glasgow, James Alexander, uniface rectangular brass 3 Shillings, 39 x 26mm (GMT p.25, this piece); Daniel Burns, brass Shilling, rev. female bust of his wife Margaret left dividing mb, 26mm (GMT p.25, this piece); John Forbes, uniface brass Shilling, 26mm (GMT p.25); McKinney & Rafferty, square brass Shilling, 21mm (GMT p.27, this piece); Francis Milne & Co, uniface brass Shilling, 26mm (GMT p.27, this piece); Peter Paterson, octagonal brass Shilling, rev. fish, pp above, g below, 24mm (GMT p.27, this piece); John Wotherspoon, brass Shilling, mark of value with serifs top and bottom, 26mm (GMT p.28, this piece) [7]. Very fine, an interesting and rare group of fish traders’ tokens (£150-200)

Provenance:
N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 434.

James Alexander, first listed 1893; Daniel Burns, Irish-born fishmonger listed 1868-83; John Forbes, listed 1888-1936; McKinney & Rafferty, listed from 1874-1965; Francis Milne & Co, wholesale fish merchants, 1887-1915; Peter Paterson, fish agent, merchant and curer, 212 Gallowgate; John Wotherspoon, fish salesman from 1849