A Distinguished Cabinet of British Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman

19th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, a set of New Centenary tokens (21), all in brass, viz. 1893 (7), revs. Town Hall, Council House & Art Gallery, New Post Office, Assize Court, Aston Hall, Mason College, School of Art; 1894 (14), revs. School Board Offices, Midland Institute, High School for Girls, Free Grammar School, St Martins Church, Joseph Priestley statue, New General Hospital, Queen’s College, Bank of England, Edgbaston Old Church, Exchange, Mason’s Orphanage, Parish Offices, Technical School (Davis ‘Warwickshire’ 837-98) [21]. Several with minor spotting, otherwise extremely fine and excessively rare £800-1,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Distinguished Cabinet of British Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman.

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Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 701; W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 403 (part); G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 150; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 390; D.E. Litrenta Collection, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 928.

Eleventh in the series only illustrated. Only three sets in brass were struck and this is the only one to have been available to commerce within the last 50 years