The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger

Unofficial Farthings, Berkshire, Blewbury, Samuel Huggins (UFS 1072); Newbury, James Roake, 1839 (UFS 3710); Reading, Caversham House Academy [Francis Knighton] (2, UFS 4400, 4420), Hemdean House [Francis Knighton] (UFS –; Pottinger, TCSB 8, p.305, this piece), Edward Pole (UFS 4430) [6]. UFS 4400 and 4420 good fine, others very fine or better, Hemdean rare £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger.

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Provenance: UFS 1072 bt S.E. Schwer January 1982; UFS 3710 bt Pam Williams October 2005; UFS 4400 and *Hemdean House bt H. Simmons October 2005; UFS 4420 bt A. Judd December 1997; UFS 4430 bt P. Addison August 1983).

Samuel Huggins, farmer and gunsmith, fl. 1847-71; James White Roake, pawnbroker and general dealer, 14 Bartholomew street, fl. 1839-54; Francis Frank Knighton (1803-83), musician, purchased Caversham House, Church street, in 1849 and established a boys school which survived until 1921. Knighton also founded the neighbouring Hemdean House school in Church street in 1859 as a girls school, run by Rosa and Matilda, two of his daughters; the school still exists today. Edward Pole, grocer and tea dealer, 16 Duke street, fl. 1854-6