Tokens from the Collection of the late Ernest Danson

Trade checks: DERBYSHIRE, Allestree, Allestree Garage Car Wash, brass, 27mm; Brampton, E[dward] Ellis, brass Penny and Halfpenny, both 26mm; Brimington, Sunday School Union, brass, 26mm; Chesterfield, Kit Bag Club, fibre Penny, 25mm; Race Stand (built 1830), admission ticket, brass, un-numbered, 24mm (D & W –); Robinson & Sons Ltd, mixed metal One Shilling and One Penny, Ninepence, Eightpence, Sevenpence, Sixpence, Fivepence and Fourpence, 27, 27, 27, 25, 23, 20 and 19mm; Creswell, Elmton Road Social Working Mens’ Club, brass Sixpence, 26mm; Darley Dale, Mouldensite Manufacturing Co Works, uniface nickel (2), both 26mm; Derby, Borough Police, uniface aluminium, stamped 450, 26mm; John Cadman, copper, 24mm (W 1533); Carlton Casino, nickel Five Pounds, 23mm; Corporation, Borough Surveyors Dept, uniface aluminium (3, different), 27 and 26 (2) mm (cf. Smith PH); Derbyshire C.C. Weights and Measures Dept, bronze, 31mm; Education Committee, uniface octagonal aluminium Penny, 28mm; Grand Casino, green plastic 25 Pence, 40mm; W. Kitching, brass, 21mm; Liberal Club, uniface brass Eightpence, 26mm; The Little Wonder, brass Half-Sovereign by Ardill, 19mm; Pure Cane Sugar Supply Association, zinc bracteate Sixpence by Smith, stamped n, 24mm; Randall Bros & Parsons Ltd, brass Shilling, 27mm; Henry Steer & Smith, bracteate bronze Ninepence, 30mm; Eckington, Coffee House, Pennies (2), both 28mm; Heage, G.W. Plumtree, copper Quarter-Pound, 22mm; Ilkeston, Charles Potts, brass One Pound, Half-Sovereign and bracteate Threepence, 23, 20 and 22mm; Ilkeston CSL, yellow 1 Pint, 22mm (Rains 22); Reliable Billiard Marker, uniface brass (3, different), all 45 (2) and 40mm; Langley Mill, Fancourts New System, brass bracteate 10 Shillings, 21mm; Langwith, T.G. Stead, brass Half-Sovereign by Ardill, 19mm; Matlock Bath, Gullivers Kingdom, brass, 23mm; Ripley, Nuttall & Son, brass Sovereign and Half-Sovereign by G.Y. Iliffe, bracteate zinc Shilling, bracteate brass Twopence, 22, 19, 27 and 22mm; South Normanton, Bircumshaws Drapery & clothing Stores, uniface brass 1, 28mm; Staveley, Thomas Longworth, copper, 22mm (W 4830); uncertain issuer, copper Threehalfpence, stamped staveley, crown above mark of value, 21mm; Swadlincote, Chesterfield Memorial Hall, Newhall, brass Twopence and Threehalfpence, both 1874, 30 and 25mm [53]. Many very fine, an excellent and comprehensive county group, several rare £300-500

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection of the late Ernest Danson.

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Provenance: Brampton 1d exchanged M. Shaw September 2006, Halfpenny bt G. Oddie October 2003; Chesterfield Race Stand exchanged D.W. Gwinnett February 2001; Chesterfield Robinson 1/1d bt S. Wrenn July 2002, 9d D.G. Vorley Collection, bt R. Hayes August 1996, 7d bt J. Whitmore May 1991, 6d bt A. Judd March 1991; one Darley Dale bt A. Judd, other bt R. Walls May 2000; Derby Carlton Casino bt A. Judd January 1994; Derby Derbyshire C.C. bt M. Shaw April 2007; Derby Grand Casino bt A. Judd March 1994; Derby Little Wonder gift of S. Wrenn February 2001; Derby Randall bt G. Chamberlain [acquired 1964]; Derby Steer bt B. Hennem July 2000; Langley Mill bt A. Judd; Matlock bt R. Hayes 1996; Ripley 2d D.G. Vorley Collection, bt R. Hayes August 1996; Staveley bt S.H. Monks November 1992