British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward

Private tokens: HERTFORDSHIRE, Hatfield, Marquis of Salisbury [1602], copper, by E. Thomason, 29mm (cf. MI I, 189/6; D & W 347/73); LONDON, Bloomsbury, James Henry, copper, 30mm (Bell A2; D & W 345/47), William Till, copper Penny and Halfpenny, 1834, 36 and 29mm (D & W 345/54, 346/56; MG 1315); Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, copper (2, both types), both 30mm (Bell A3, A4; D & W 345/49, 345/51); WARWICKSHIRE, Atherstone, Sir George Chetwynd, copper Halfpenny, 1842, by T. Halliday, lettered edge, 29mm (Bell A2; D & W 343/16); Birmingham, W.J. Davis, 1900, copper, lettered edge, 35mm (Bell A3; D & W 324/9), Davis & Macmillan’s New Centenary token, 1893, rev. Town Hall, bronzed-copper, 29mm (Davis ‘Warwickshire’ 836) [9]. Extremely fine and better, an attractive group £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward.

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Provenance: First bt A. Davisson 1981; third and eighth bt Seaby 1974; fourth bt Seaby 1973; fifth bt Colony Coins March 1975; *seventh bt Seaby 1976