The Joanna Tansley Collection of Patterns, Proofs and Coining Trials

Miscellaneous, Taylor & Challen Ltd, Birmingham: Checks (4), viz. 1903 (2), in plated copper and copper, coining press labelled 563, coining press above, revs. minting machinery taylor & challen ld birmingham england in five lines above date, edges plain, both 31.5mm, 11.94g/12h, 11.75g/12h; 1912, in brass, side view of coining press, rolling machine at left, blanking and marking machines at right, · coining · machinery · above, rolling 1 ton per day at left, blanking 200 per min, marking 600 per min at right, coining 100 per min below, taylor & challen ld engineers birmingham in three lines in exergue, rev. minting machinery for the world’s coinage taylor & challen ld engineers · birmingham · england in eight lines above date, edge plain, 38mm, 20.98g/12h (cf. Noble II, 1160); 1964, in brass, kangaroo left, taylor & challen above, minting machinery below, rev. lion rampant left, british exhibition australia and date around, edge plain, 20mm, 5.70g/12h (cf. BDW 6, 1014) [4]. Last virtually as struck, others about very fine and better, first with test cut on edge (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Joanna Tansley Collection of Patterns, Proofs and Coining Trials.

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All except second illustrated. Taylor & Challen Ltd, manufacturers of coin presses, Constitution hill, Birmingham, evolved in 1889 out of the engineering business founded by Joseph Taylor in Broad street, Birmingham, in 1850. The company has supplied hundreds of coining presses which are in use worldwide