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1 October 2014
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Blackham Bros (W 300); Edwin Cottrill (3 – W 355, 360 [2]); James Gargory (3 – W 380, 401, 403); William Graham (W 430); Great Western Portrait Rooms (W 440a); H. & C. Grove (W 460); Charles Hadduck (2 – W 480a, 480a var, 12h); Frederick Hands (W 510a); Joseph Hipwood (W 560); William Jones (3 – W 620, 630 [2]); Samuel King (2 – both W 660); John Mappin (3 – W 701, 721, 731); Edward Martin (W 770); Thomas Pope & Co (W 825);...
Hammer Price: £500
7 & 8 December 2015
Private tokens: YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, 1901, in silver by J.A. Restall, shield and crest, rev. initials in wreath, edge time adds a value to this token rare, 30.00g/12h (Bell A7; D & W 344/35). FDC, deeply toned, very rare £100-150
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co CORK, Barrackton, John McCarthy (W 5355a); Cloyne, Richard Swanton (W 5630); Cork, Arnott & Co (W 5660), John Arnott & Co (W 5670, 12h), George Beale (2 – both W 5690a, 12h), John Carmichael (2 – both W 5700), Edward Cleburne (W 5710), William Fitzgibbon & Co (4, one in lead – W 5730, 5740a [2], 5740b, not seen), Denis Hegarty (2 – both W 5754), Joseph Helen (2 – both W 5760), James Lyons & Co (W 5780), Edward Mahony (2 – both W 5790), Mont de Pi...
Hammer Price: £460
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, STAFFORDSHIRE, Bilston, Alexander Ellis (2 – W 200, 210), Thomas and Frederick Lewis (2 – W 220, 230); Brierley Hill, John Lay (W 1190), James Wheeler (W 1200), William Wheeler (W 1210); Darlaston, James Huskins (W 1500, 12h), Thomas Wilkes (W 1510); Great Bridge, Gregory & Co (W 1690); Hanley, David King (W 1750), Edward Moore (W 1760); Newcastle-under-Lyme, George Berks (W 3720), William Dixon (W 3730), William Hargreaves (2 – both W 3740), Thomas...
Hammer Price: £450
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co DUBLIN, Dublin, J.R. Andrews & Co (W 5940), James Byrne & Co (2 – both W 5970), Cannock, White & Co (6 – W 5980, 5990, 6000 [2], 6005 [2, both 6h]), Gregory Kane (2 – both W 6090a), McSwiney, Delany & Co (2 – both W 6160), O’Grady, Clinton & Co (W 6190), P.J. Plunkett (W 6200), Scott, Bell & Co (3 – W 6220 6h, 6222 [2, both 12h]), Talty, Murphy & Co (W 6260a), Thompson & Co (3 – W 6280, 6290, 6300), Todd, Burns & Co (6 – W 6310 [2], 6313 [2], 631...
Hammer Price: £440
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LANCASHIRE, Manchester, John Chorlton (2 – W 3210 var, edge plain, 3220); Richard Cooper (W 3230); Robert Crampton (W 3240); Falkner Bros (5 – W 3270 [2], 3280 [3]); George Grantham (W 3300b); John Humble (W 3360); Kirk Bros (W 3390); Labrey, Entwisle & Co (4 – W 3400 [2], 3410a, 3410b); William Mitchell & Co (W 3460); Thomas Nash & Co (W 3480); John Nuttall (W 3490); William Scott & Co (W 3530); William Shaw (3 – W 3550, 3551, 3552); Henry Smithson...
Hammer Price: £430
Private tokens: YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, Lathe Chuck Works, 1899, in silver by J.A. Restall, lathe chuck and accessories, rev. legend in 10 lines, edge plain, 22.14g/12h (Bell A3a). FDC, deeply toned, very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £420
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LONDON, High Holborn, Robert Edwards (W 2510), Henry Leath (5 – W 2650, 2660 [2], 2670 [2]), Leath & Co (2 – both W 2675), James Lewis (3 – W 2680a, 2680b [2]); Knightsbridge, George Kibble (W 2630); Lambeth, Maudslay, Sons & Field (W 2713); Lavender Hill, George Logan (W 2685); Lisle Street and Little Newport Street, Foley & Shoyer (6 – W 2520 [2, gilt and plated], 2530 [2], 2532, 2532 var 6h); Ludgate Hill, Thornton & Killick (2 – W 2920, 2924); M...
Hammer Price: £410
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co WESTMEATH, Athlone, P. Maxwell (W 5330, not seen); Thomas Burgess & Co (W 5320) [2]. First about fine and extremely rare, second good fine and very rare £150-250
Hammer Price: £390
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, letter...
Hammer Price: £380
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co ANTRIM, Ballymena, Greene & Sinclair (W 5350); Belfast, John Arnott & Co (4 – W 5360, 5380a [2], 5390), Ferrar & Co (W 5400), Ferrar & Taggart (W 5410), William Foster (W 5430), Bernard Hughes (2 – W 5460, 5462), Bernard McGlade (2 – W 5480, 5490), Charles and P. McGlade (3 – W 5510, 5520, 5525), McKenzie Bros (W 5533), Mackenzie & Saunders (W 5536a), Robert McKenzie (3 – W 5540 [2], 5553), Mackenzie & McMullen (3 – W 5560 [2], 5567, reads makenz...
Hammer Price: £370
Merchant checks: DERBYSHIRE, Derby, The Anchor, T[homas] Hardy, brass Threepence, 24mm; LEICESTERSHIRE, Leicester, Leicester Chronicle, brass, 27mm; LINCOLNSHIRE, Grimsby, Langridge, cupro-nickel, 20mm; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Kettering, William Carey, 1892, aluminium, 28mm, Northampton, Monarch Auto Co, brass Twopence, 18mm, Northampton People’s Cafe Co Ltd, copper Penny, 25mm; Waukerz [G.T. Hawkins], copper, 26mm; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, Dixon & Parker, brass (2), both 20mm (Chamberlain 21),...
Hammer Price: £360
Private tokens: YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, Lathe Chuck Works, 1899, in white metal by J.A. Restall, edge i promise you best value for your money, 6.92g/12h (Bell A3); 1901, a mule in copper by J.A. Restall, edge time adds a value to this token rare, 23.19g/12h (Bell A6 rev./A7 rev.); Success to the Allied Armies, 1915, in copper by J.A. Restall, edge plain, 9.58g/12h (Bell A9); together with an Edward VII Penny, 1906, obv. countermarked bradford workhouse and s.h. hamer halifax, 9.56g...
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co LIMERICK, Limerick, Leslie Acheson (W 6520a, unillustrated), John Egan (W 6530), Charles Higginson & Co (W 6540), McArdell & Bourke (W 6550), Monte de Piété (2 – both W 6560), Thomas Revington, Charles Higginson & Co (W 6570), John Unthank & Son (W 6590) [8]. W 6530 and 6590 very fine, W 6520a about fine but extremely rare, others fine and better, a good city group £150-200
Hammer Price: £310
Merchant checks: CORNWALL, Truro, John Lake, brass One Sack/2 Shillings, 1876, 26mm (Mayne/Williams –), Paid, 1830, copper, 18mm (Mayne/Williams 1); DEVON, Exeter, Elmfield Hotel, copper Halfpenny, 1879, 25mm (Young 44), Ilfracombe, Attwood & Co, 1874, silvered brass, 32mm (Y 89), Plymouth, Saull & Co, brass, 25mm (Y 177); GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, Imperial Tobacco Co Ltd, uniface bronze Halfpenny, 24mm, W.D. & H.O. Wills, uniface octagonal copper Penny and Halfpenny, 28 and 25mm, brass, 16mm...
Hammer Price: £280
Private tokens: YORKSHIRE, Hull, William Sykes, 1902, bronzed-copper by J.A. Restall (6), revs. Dock Offices, Grammar School, Holy Trinity Church, Hymers College, Royal Infirmary, William III Statue, all 32mm (Bell A11-15, A17) [6]. Brilliant and virtually as struck £100-150
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, George Brantingham (2 – both W 6930), Fraser & Laidlaw (W 6950), James Gordon (2 – both W 6970), William Gray (2 – both W 6980, thick and thin flans), North of Scotland Equitable Loan Co (2 – both W 6990); ANGUS, Dundee, Richard Miller (W 7050); CLACKMANNANSHIRE, Tillicoultry, Co-op (W 7540); MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Caverhill & Co (3 – W 7070a, 7070b [2]), Alexander Edie (W 7100), William Macgill (W 7180a), J. & A. Middlemass...
Hammer Price: £270
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LONDON, Old Jewry, Joseph Schlesinger & Co (W 2770); Piccadilly, Albert Smith (W 2810a), W.S. Woodin (W 3030); Pimlico, Thomas Wright (W 3040); Regent Street, William Cremer (W 2434); Shoe Lane, Richard Cockerill (2 – both W 2400); St Martin’s le Grand, Louis Silberberg (2 – W 2790, 2800a); St Martin’s Place, Meriade Gibus (W 2560); Soho Square, East India Co recruiting agent (2 – W 2500b, 2500c), John Green (3 – W 2580 [2], 2590); Somers Town, Jose...
Hammer Price: £260
Merchant checks: CUMBERLAND, Carlisle, London & Carlisle Tea Co, brass Quarter-Pound, 21mm (Farthing 9.9), Penrith, William Hetherington & Co, uniface brass Threepence, 20mm (Farthing 9.49, not confirmed); Co DURHAM, Bishop Auckland, London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Half-Pound, 25mm (A 4361; Gardiner p.6), Gateshead, Hood Haggie, brass Penny, 24mm (G –), London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Quarter-Pound, 21mm (G p.23), M. Robson & Co, copper Penny, 31mm (G p.23), E. Shephard Ltd, white metal S...
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, CUMBERLAND, Carlisle, T.W. Borthwick (2 – both W 1315; Farthing 9.6a), Robert Robertson (W 1320; Farthing 9.14); Co DURHAM, Darlington, Dobson (W 1515; Gardiner p.14); NORTHUMBERLAND, Alnwick, William Davison (W 30), Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Arnott Cannock & Co (3 – W 3800, 3805 [2]), John Davidson (W 3810), Thomas Pattinson (2 – both W 3830a), Wood & Kimpster (W 3840) [12]. W 1515 in excavated state but extremely rare, one W 1315 about fine, others gen...
Hammer Price: £250
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LANCASHIRE, Liverpool, Frederick Astley (W 2020); Samuel Bagnall (W 2030); Thomas Bates (W 2050b); [Alexander] Cameron (W 2060); John Carmichael & Co (W 2080b); John Dear (W 2100); Dear Bros (W 2110); William Drury (2 – both W 2130b); Friedrich Hausburg (3 – W 2150 [2], 2156); Sidney Hellewell (2 – both W 2160); Richard Hudson (2 – both W 2170); Jones, Webb & Co (W 2190); Henry Mansfield (W 2200); James Mullins & Co (W 2210); Promoli & Hausburg (W 2...
Hammer Price: £240
Merchant checks: CHESHIRE, Chester, Chester Cocoa House Co Ltd, copper Penny (Edge P36), Prestbury, Prestbury Friendly Society, brass Threepence, 26mm (Edge –); LANCASHIRE, Ashton-under-Lyne, Ashton under Lyne Coffee and Cocoa Tavern Co, Penny, 28mm, Blackburn, T. Clemesha & Co, brass, 23mm, Burnley, John Hurtley & Son, North Bridge Mill, uniface brass, 26mm, Liverpool, Adamson & Tapley, octagonal brass, 24mm, British Workman Public House Co Ltd, copper Pennies (3), all 28mm, J.R. Cameron, br...
Merchant checks: LONDON, Aldgate, Charles Titford, octagonal brass, 24mm; Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Trust, 1900, uniface brass Penny, 25mm, Halfpenny, 23mm; Barnes, Harrison Auto Telescope, uniface brass (2), both 30mm, one stamped 318; Battersea, Ruffler & Walker, brass machine check, 18mm; Bermondsey, Peek Frean’s, aluminium, 29mm; Bishopsgate, Palmerston Hairdressing Salon, cupro-nickel, 21mm; Blackwall, R. & H. Green, brass Threepence, stamped c106, 29mm, Trinity Arms, brass Penny, 26mm...
Merchant checks: LONDON, Finsbury, White Horse & Cross Keys, copper Twopence by W.J. Taylor, 28mm (Hayes 351); Fitzroy Square, Lord Nelson, E.J. Ulph, brass Twopence, 23mm (H 291a); Holborn, George & Blue Boar, E[dwards] & J[ones], copper, 23mm (H 121), Southampton Hotel, copper Penny by W.J. Taylor, 28mm (H 233a); Hoxton, Robin Hood Tavern, zinc Fourpence by W.J. Taylor, 28mm (H 221c); Kensington, Duke of Abercorn, G. Cecil, brass Penny by W.J. Taylor, 28mm (H 41); Lambeth, Waterloo Arms, C....
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, DERBYSHIRE, Derby, Samuel Bennett (W 1530); LEICESTERSHIRE, Leicester, Thomas Johnson (W 1950b); LINCOLNSHIRE, Grimsby, John Gibson (W 1708); Stamford, F. Dawson (W 4820); NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Northampton, Gent & Co (2 – both W 3870; Waddell p.25), Thomas Hamson (W 3880; Waddell p.25); NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, Charles Elliott (W 4070; Chamberlain 22), Wallace Holmes (W 4090; C 31), Retford, James Fletcher (2 – both W 4435; C 25) [11]. W 1950b and o...
Hammer Price: £230
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Arnott Cannock & Co (2 – both W 7284a), Alex Ferguson & Co (W 7310), Glasgow Equitable Loan Co (W 7318), Retailers 1828 (5 – all W 7370), Retailers 1830 (4 – all W 7380), Dr John Stuart (4 – W 7390, 7410, 7420, 7430), George Thornhill (W 7440), Richard Wathew (W 7460), John Whyte (4 – all W 7480, one counterstamped t on obv.), Walter Wilson (W 7481), James Wylie (W 7485); RENFREWSHIRE, Greenock, Robertson & Co (2 – both W 7490)...
Hammer Price: £220
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co DOWN, Ballymacarrett, James Jones (2 – both W 5340a); Newtownards, Bowman (3 – W 6690, 6700, 6705) [5]. Fine to very fine, all scarce, particularly the last £100-150
Countermarked issues: LONDON, Chiswell Street, borwick’s baking powder on France, 10 Centimes 1856a (Scott 22.202; SCMB 1970, p.451, and pl. 71, this piece); Clerkenwell, dix gas lamp maker clerkenwell on France, 5 Centimes 1856w (Scott 22.208a); Fleet Street, purchase number one of lloyd’s list, etc, on George III Penny, 1806-7, lloyds weekly newspaper 3d post free (3, varieties), on George III Pennies, 1797 (2) and Halfpenny, 1806-7 (Scott 22.28.2, 22.28.5, 22.28g, 22.28i); Grays Inn Road,...
ISGs: CHESHIRE, Chester, T. Broadhurst Jones (Neilson/Warburton 6810; Edge A8), Hyde, Miller’s Tea (NW 8310; Edge A20), Stalybridge, William Parker (NW 8480; Edge A29); LANCASHIRE, Blackpool, Sam Lyon Jr (2, both NW 8040), Liverpool, Michael Jackson (NW 7895); MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Macniven & Cameron (6, NW 8080 [2], 8160, 8170, 8200, 8220) [12]. Generally very fine, some better £100-150
Merchant checks: BEDFORDSHIRE, Biggleswade, Biggleswade Union, brass Bread tickets (3), 4, 3 and 2, all 28mm; BERKSHIRE, Maidenhead, J. Moores, brass (3), all 26mm; CAMBRIDGESHIRE, Cambridge, Charles Barber, brass bracteate Halfpenny, 25mm, Leverington, R. Bath, nickel Shilling, 20mm, Wisbech, Hobourn Bros, brass Penny-Farthing, 26mm, S. Moles & Sons, nickel Penny, 24mm; ESSEX, Barkingside, D. Edwards, copper Sixpence by Soho Metal Works, 26mm (Adams 137); KENT, Belvedere, Alfred Vinson, oval...
Merchant checks: LONDON, Old Kent Road, George Carter, copper, 24mm; Oxford Street, J. Cox, brass, 25mm, Sir Samuel Hannay, copper (2), both 27mm, Parkins & Gotto, brass (2), both 26mm, Peter Robinson, brass, 20mm, W. Salt, brass, 26mm; Peckham Rye, Holdron’s One Shilling Dividend, Threepence Dividend, both brass, 35 and 32mm, Mellin’s Food, 1897, card, 32mm (Rogers 861); Piccadilly, Smart, white metal, 24mm; Plumstead, G. Cavey & Sons, bracteate plated zinc Sixpence and Twopence, both 27mm;...
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, Co TIPPERARY, Clonmel, Peter McSwiney & Co (W 5610); Tipperary, Morris (W 6770) [2]. First about fine, second good very fine and very rare £100-150
Hammer Price: £210
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, DEVON, Plymouth, R. & J. Dick (W 4270; Young 117), John Hockley (W 4285; Y 122), Tiverton, Edward Coleby (W 4940; Y 200); GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Cirencester, William Hawkins (W 1400), Gloucester, John Bellamy (W 1640), William Crump (W 1650), John Hanman (W 1660), Wootton-under-Edge, David Shatford (W 5180); SOMERSET, Bath, Collins & Co (W 130; Minnitt/Young 57), Bristol, Thomas Cordeux (W 1240); WILTSHIRE, Purton and Cricklade, John Lamb (2 – W 4370a, 43...
Hammer Price: £200
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, ESSEX, Colchester, John Bedwell (2 – W 1440, 1450; Adams 391-2); NORFOLK, East Dereham, Brewster & Co (W 1540, 12h), Great Yarmouth, Robert Bumpstead (2 – both W 5252), Samuel Lessy (W 5262), Frederick Mayston (W 5270), Norwich, Robert Alden (3 – W 3900, 3902, 3904), George Bagshaw (2 – both W 3910), John Barnard (W 3920), Walter Boston (W 3925), H. Chamberlin & Sons (4 – W 3930, 3940 [2], 3950), Henry Colman (2 – both W 3960), Thomas and Henry Coma...
Countermarked and engraved issues: t.taylor on George I Halfpenny, 1723; t snelham 1783, cook and star, all on George II Halfpence [1729-39]; in memory of james hill died sept 30 1834 aged 42 years, e.cattle (2), t.hoy, maxwell, crown e.williams, c, hammer, all on George III Pennies, 1797; t.k. on George III Penny, 1806; p on George III imitation Halfpenny; j.whitworth, j.m g both on George III Halfpence, 1799; js. burns stewart, h.h, both on George III Halfpence, 1806; w.e.kies and k in oval...
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LANCASHIRE, Ashton-under-Lyne, Robert Chambers (W 40); Blackburn, William Pickles (W 1060); Bolton, John Carrie (W 1090); Haslingden, Ralph Holden (W 1780); Oldham, Edwin Barlow (W 4122), Philip Berry (2 – W 4130, 4151), Reuben Cooper (3 – W 4160, 4170, 4181), Henry Evans (2 – both W 4210), Benjamin Fielding (W 4220); Rochdale, W. & J. Brown (W 4450); Salford, Robert Entwisle & Co (2 – both W 4530); Wigan, John Green (W 5100) [17]. Fine to very fine...
Hammer Price: £190
Countermarked issues: HAMPSHIRE, Winchester, robinson winton cutler on George III Penny, 1797 (Scott –); LANCASHIRE, Manchester, woodhead’s stout on France, 10 Centimes, 1856w (Scott –); NORTHUMBERLAND, Alnwick, alnwick on George III Halfpenny, 1806 (Scott 26.1a); OXFORDSHIRE, Oxford, robinson cutler razor maker oxford on George III Penny, 1797, crown robinson oxford cutler on George III Halfpenny, 1807 (Scott 28.4b, 28.4c); SHROPSHIRE, Ludlow, wines & spirits by bowyer ludlow on uncertain Ha...
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, CHESHIRE, Crewe, James Taylor & Co (W 1493; Edge A12), Macclesfield, James Clark Brown (W 3190; Edge A22); HEREFORDSHIRE, Ross-on-Wye, John White (W 4490); SHROPSHIRE, Ludlow, James and Edward Harding (W 3150); WORCESTERSHIRE, Oldbury, Joseph Timmins (W 4110), Stourbridge, James Bedwell (W 4900), Worcester, Worcester Co-op (W 5240) [7]. W 1493 very fine and very rare, others fine to very fine, W 3190 also very rare £120-150
Hammer Price: £180
Unofficial Farthings and Checks, 1820-1901, LONDON, Battle Bridge, John Blenkin (W 2370); Bishopsgate, Isaac Sparrow (6 – W 2840, 2850a [2], 2860, 2870, 2881); Bloomsbury, Short & Co (2 – both W 2780); Cheapside, Argosy Braces (2 – both W 7620), Joseph Davis (W 2460); Chiswell Street, John Collacott (W 2410); Dean Street, Samuel Eady (6 – W 2490, 2491 [2], 2492a, 2493, 2496); Dowgate Hill, Orlando Jones (W 2620); Farringdon Street, Bovril (5 – W 2372, 2374, – [dies not in W], 2378 [2]); Fette...
Military tokens: CORNWALL [but used in South Africa], 32nd Cornwall Light Infantry, brass 1, 26mm (Yarwood BMT 85; Malcolm Coll. 3518); KENT, Woolwich, Royal Artillery Canteen, Gregory Browne, copper, stamped 17, 34mm (Y BMT 13; M 3498), Royal Artillery Canteen, brass Twopence, obv. countermarked bar, 26mm (Y BMT 14A; M 3499); LANCASHIRE, 9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, brass, 26mm (Y BMT 32; M 3509), 1st Bn King’s Own [Royal Lancaster Regt], Canteen, uniface brass Penny, 23mm (Y BMT 95;...
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