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24 January 2023

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British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

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№ 550

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24 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£1,300

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, YORKSHIRE, Armthorpe, Y[orkshire] M[ine] W[orkers] A[ssociation], Armthorpe Branch, uniface brass, 25mm; Arncliffe, Yorkshire Miners Association, Arncliffe Silkstone Miners, uniface oval brass, 39 x 26mm; Barnsley, Fountain & Burnley Ltd, Woolley Collieries, brass, 39mm, stamped 458, Hodroyd Coal Co Ltd, Pay Check, brass, 31mm, stamped 693, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Elsecar Main, Personal Check, rectangular aluminium, 33mm, stamped 1156, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Rockingham Colliery, uniface brass, 36mm, stamped 945, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Royston Drift Mine, rectangular iron, 33mm, stamped 16, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Woodmoor [Colliery Pit] 4/5, uniface aluminium, 42 x 29mm, stamped 771, Wentworth Silkstone Collieries Ltd, octagonal brass, 34mm, stamped 23 over 399, Wharncliffe Silkstone Colliery Co Ltd, uniface zinc, 32mm, back stamped 039; Y[orkshire] M[iners] A[ssociation], Houghton Main Branch, uniface brass, 35 x 28mm, Yorkshire Miners’ Association, Hoyland Silkstone Branch, uniface oval brass, 34 x 23mm, Miners Association, Wombwell Main Lodge, brass, 31mm; Bentley, Bentley P.H. Baths, uniface brass, 28mm, Yorkshire Miners Association, Bentley Branch, uniface brass, 26mm; Bradford, Bowling Iron Co Ltd, uniface oval brass, 35 x 27mm, stamped 261, The Low Moor Chemical Co Ltd, brass, 30mm, stamped 87; Cadeby, South Yorkshire Miners Association, Cadeby Main Load, uniface brass, 32mm, Y[orkshire] M[iners] A[ssociation], Cadeby Main Branch, triangular brass by Leonard, 42 x 26mm; Castleford, Wheldale Coal Co Ltd, Pay Ticket, brass, 33mm, stamped 1097, Wheldale Collieries, Time Check, uniface octagonal brass, 39mm, stamped 396, uniface brass, 32mm, stamped 2, Y.M.W.A. Whitwood Mere, uniface brass, 26mm, unissued; Denaby, South Yorkshire Miners Association, Denaby Main Lodge, brass, 24mm; Doncaster, Thorne Colliery, uniface triangular brass, 38 x 34mm, stamped 502, Thorne Colliery, Pithead Baths, uniface aluminium, 32mm, stamped 819, Y[orkshire] M[ine] W[orkers] A[ssociation], Brodsworth Main Branch, uniface brass, 26mm; Grimethorpe, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Grimethorpe, Pay Check, uniface brass, 32mm, unissued; Hemsworth, Yorkshire Miners’ Association, Hemsworth Branch, brass, 33mm; Hull, H. Smith & Co, Vulcan Works, 1848, brass, pass the bearer, 28mm; Kirklees, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Thornhill Colliery, uniface hexagonal aluminium, 33mm, stamped 411; Lofthouse, [Yorkshire Miners Association], Lofthouse Branch, rectangular brass, 32mm; Mapplewell, Yorkshire Miners Association, North Gawber, uniface heart-shaped brass, 31 x 29mm, oval brass, 43 x 22mm, unissued, uniface brass, 33mm; Morley, Hailwood & Ackroyd Ltd, uniface brass, 40mm, stamped 168; Normanton, Pope & Pearson, copper, 22mm, stamped No.510; Nostell, Yorkshire Miners Association, Nostell Branch, uniface brass, 32mm, stamped 229; Pontefract, Pontefract Collieries Ltd, uniface brass (2), both 33mm, stamped 2/0, 1/-; Ripon, The Durham & North Yorkshire Steam Cultivation Co Ltd, brass, 31mm, stamped No.14; Rotherham, Cortonwood Colliery, uniface rectangular brass, 37mm, stamped 4574, Yorkshire Miners Association, Fence Colliery, No.2, heart-shaped brass by Leonard, 32 x 26mm, Treeton Lodge, uniface brass, 31mm; Sharlston, Yorkshire Miners Association, Birley Collierys, uniface brass, stamped 969, 33mm, Sharlston Branch, uniface heart-shaped brass, 30mm; Sheffield, John Banner Ltd, Pennies (3), brass (2) and aluminium, both 30mm, brass Halfpenny, 24mm, South Yorkshire Miners Association, Handsworth Woodhouse Lodge, uniface brass, 32mm, South Yorkshire Miners Association, Killamarsh Lodge, No.57, brass, 32mm, 400 scratched on obv., South Yorkshire Miners Association, Manor Lodge, No.1, uniface brass, 32mm, Yorkshire Miners Association, B[ramley] H[all], brass, 25mm, Yorkshire Miners Association, Nunnery and Manor Branches, uniface brass, 35mm, bracteate iron, 29 x 25mm, Nunnery Branch, bras by Leonard, 35 x 29mm, Y[orkshire] M[iners] A[ssociation], Parkhill Branch, bracteate brass, 32mm; Tankersley, Yorkshire Miners Association, Tankersley Branch, brass by Leonard, 32mm; Thorncliffe, South Yorkshire Miners Association, Thorncliffe No.2 Lodge, brass by Ardill, 28mm; Thurnscoe, Yorkshire Miners Association, Hickleton Branch, brass by Leonard, 33 x 30mm, Hickleton Main, uniface openwork brass, 26 x 22mm; Wakefield, New Monckton Collieries Ltd, uniface brass, 39mm, stamped 2990, Yorkshire Miner’s Association, Lofthouse Branch, uniface brass H, 29 x 27mm; Wath-on-Dearne, Manvers Main Collieries Ltd, nickel, 32mm, Yorkshire Miners Assoc[iatio]n, Manvers Main Branches, uniface brass (2), 33mm, 28 x 25mm, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], rectangular iron, 47 x 40mm, named (Mr Taylor); Worsborough, Barrow Collieries, Barrow Hæmatite Steel Co Ltd, brass, 35mm, unissued, Barrow Colliery, Morphia, uniface copper, 25mm, Key No.66, N[ational] C[oal] B[oard], Barrow Colliery, uniface brass, 33mm, stamped 667, uniface rectangular iron, 37mm, stamped 4958, Barrow Collieries, uniface brass, 44mm, stamped oil lamp racks, Barrow Collieries, uniface aluminium, 40mm, stamped 1785, Barrow Collieries, uniface brass, 36mm, stamped 7, Yorkshire Miners Association, Barrow Branch, heart-shaped brass by Leonard, 34 x 25mm, uniface hexagonal brass, 27mm, circular brass, 27mm, B-shaped brass by Leonard, 39 x 23mm, uniface triangular brass, 39 x 35mm, shield-shaped brass by Leonard, 32 x 28mm, Yorkshire Miners Association, Barrow Hematite Branch, oval brass by Pilch, Sheffield, 34 x 22mm; Yorkshire Miners Association, uniface brass, 25mm [83]. Generally fine to very fine, many rare, a comprehensive group and an excellent basis for a county collection; housed in an 7-tray carry case with locks and key £800-£1,000