Tokens from the Collection of the late Ernest Danson

Trade checks: LEICESTERSHIRE, Leicester, Annabelle Casino, cupro-nickel One Pound, 24mm; Thomas Johnson, brass (2), both 24mm (W 1950a); Leicester Coffee & Cocoa House Co Ltd, uniface brass, back stamped 2, 25mm; The Leicester Temperance News Room, brass, 27mm; New Leicester Farm Dairy Co, Green Street, uniface brass Quarter-Pound, 21mm; William Stranks, copper, 20mm (W 1965); F. Woodcock, brass Shilling by R. Whitaker, 24mm; Loughborough, Frederick Caldwell, uniface Shilling, Sixpence, Penny, Halfpenny and Farthing, 23, 20, 31, 25 and 20mm (last W 3085); Charnwood Coffee House, rectangular copper, 24mm; Market Harborough, Thomas Scarborough, brass, 20mm (W 3673a); Mountsorrel, J.L. Crosby, bracteate iron 10 Shillings, 22mm; Oadby, Oadby Working Mens’ Club, brass Threepence, 23mm; Quorn, General Supply Stores, brass Twopence-Halfpenny and Twopence by H.B. Sale, both 23mm; Wigston, Hartopp’s Supply Stores, uniface brass 5 Shillings, 23mm; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, Nottingham & County Liberal Club, Gladstone, uniface copper, stamped 2, 26mm; Notts C.C. Meal tokens (2, different), uniface fibre, both 28mm; STAFFORDSHIRE, Burton-upon-Trent, Bass, uniface brass, 26mm; Hudson Bros (Burton) Ltd, brass Shilling, 27mm; W.H. Radford, brass Shilling, 25mm [26]. Caldwell Farthing virtually mint state with full original colour, very rare, others generally fine to very fine, some better £150-200

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

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Provenance: Loughborough Caldwell Shilling bt A. Judd July 1990; Loughborough Caldwell Sixpence and Farthing and Wigston D.G. Vorley Collection, bt R. Hayes August 1996; Market Harborough bt L. Bennett 1988; Mountsorrel bt A. Judd December 2000; Burton-upon-Trent Bass bt R. Hayes 1995