SCOTTISH TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF NEIL BEATON Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks
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ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, Dr Adair’s Museum of Science & Anatomy, brass Sixpence, rev. OPEN DAILY THIS AND SIX PENCE WILL ADMIT BEARER, 25mm (Brodie 545; MG 851; ST 705); Canine Training Society, plated brass, by Fattorini, 25mm; King’s Works Canteen, brass Penny, 32mm (cf. Brodie 435); Marshall & Co, brass Sixpence, 29mm; (Brodie 436) Sealand, parking check, zinc, 25mm; Victoria Lodging House, brass, ONE FREE NIGHT, 36mm (Brodie 562; cf. Noble II, 749); C.F. Wilson & Co, aluminium, stamped 8, 26mm; Methlick, Methlick Institute, brass, un-named, 30mm (Brodie 438); Turriff, James Rankines, brass, 24mm (Brodie 438, this piece) [9]. Wilson mediocre, Rankines fine and pierced, Victoria Lodging virtually as struck, others about very fine and better, some rare
£100-150
Provenance: *First bt May 2006; second bt H. Simmons October 2009; third bt February 2011; fourth bt September 2006; fifth bt B. Hennem October 2007; *sixth bt H. Simmons April 2005; seventh bt J.G. Scott July 2007; eighth bt D. Stuart May 2010; last N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lot 438 (part) [from M. Hood August 1998], DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 566 (part)
316
DUMFRIES-SHIRE, Dumfries, Crichton Royal Canteen, brass Penny, 29mm; Invernith Lodge, copper Penny, 26mm (Brodie 444); A. Patterson, brass, 25mm; PEEBLES-SHIRE, Galashiels, M. Henry, brass Penny, 32mm (Brodie 485),
brass Halfpenny, 25mm;
ROXBURGH-SHIRE, Hawick, British Public House, copper Penny, 26mm (Brodie 484) [6]. About very fine and better, third with small piercing
£40-60
Provenance: First bt J.G. Scott December 2008; second bt J.G. Scott September 2004; third DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 566 (part); fourth and fifth bt December 2010; last bt J.G. Scott November 2010
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AYRSHIRE, Irvine, Coffee House, brass Penny, 24mm; Kilmarnock, The Glacier Metal Co Ltd, bronze, stamped 21, 32mm; Mochrum, School Board, Soup Kitchen, octagonal brass, 27mm; Troon, McWilliam, oval aluminium dog tag, 29 x 18mm [4]. First very fine and rare, others fine
£30-50
Provenance: *First bt November 2010; second bt J.G. Scott October 2006; third bt September 2010; last bt J.G. Scott January 2011
DUNBARTONSHIRE, Helensburgh, Gilly’s Prize Bingo, brass One Pound, 32mm, brass Unit Value, 23mm; RENFREWSHIRE, Georgetown, Scottish Filling Factory, nickel Threepence, copper Pennies (2, one with S on rev.), copper Halfpence (3, one pierced, one with S on rev.), 19, 29 and 22mm (Brodie 482); Gourock, a George VI brass Threepence [1937-48], rev. blank filed and engraved (Mrs Jenny Lang, 2 Royal St, Gourock), 21mm; Govan, Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co Ltd, brass, YARD TIME, stamped F 111, 29mm; Greenock, Allan Line Porters, brass, by Park & Coward, stamped 203, 33mm; John Bourne & Co, oval white metal, 28 x 21mm (Brodie 483, this piece); H. Buchanan & Co, brass bracteate, 50 x 34mm; Clyde Wharf Sugar Refinery, 1 Pint/Three-Farthings, zinc, 22mm (Brodie 483, this piece); Electric Theatre, square zinc, 26mm; J.B. Fulton, brass, 21mm; Joy-Sullivan, brass, stamped 23, 26mm; James Robertson, brass Penny, PRESERVE MANUFACTURER, 26mm (Brodie 483); John Walker & Co, brass, stamped 444, 32mm (Brodie 483, this piece); The Young Artists, West Kirk, 1893, palette-shaped nickel, 37 x 25mm; Johnstone, Loudon Bros Ltd, brass, stamped 63, 33mm (Brodie 482, this piece) [21]. Generally about very fine, some better
£120-150 314
CAITHNESS, Wick, Caithness Steam Saw Mills & Cabinet Works, 1873, brass, rev. A DILIGENT HAND MAKETH RICH, LOVE NOT SLEEP LEST THOU COME TO PROVERTY, 32mm. About very fine, rare
£40-60 Provenance: Bt D. Stuart January 2011
Provenance: Govan bt J.G. Scott April 2008; Bourne, Clyde Wharf, Walker and Loudon N.G. Brodie Collection, DNW Auction 55, 8 October 2002, lots 482, 483 (parts) [Bourne from A. Thomson October 1990, Clyde Wharf from P. Hanson October 1990, Loudon from M. Hood February 1987]; Electric Theatre bt B. HennemMay 2006; Fulton bt J.G. Scott November 2003; Robertson bt J.G. Scott January 2007; Young Artists bt J. Whitmore November 2007
CLACKMANNANSHIRE, Alloa, British Public House, brass Penny, 26mm; Alva, John McArthur, brass, 19mm; FIFE-SHIRE, Anstruther, John Todd, brass, stamped ST, 26mm; Inverkeithing, James Arnot, copper One Pound, by Ardill, 21mm (Brodie 447); Kirkcaldy, A.M. Melville, brass, 25mm (Brodie 447), Melville & Low, octagonal brass, 24mm (Brodie 447), Seafield Colliery, square brass, stamped 765, 25mm (Brodie 372); Newbiggin, District Central Social Club, aluminium Shilling, 25mm; St Andrews, The Recreation Hall, brass, 25mm; Fife & Clackmannan Area, brass, stamped 1252, 31mm [10]. Melville, Melville & Low and last fair, others about very fine and better, some rare
£100-150
Provenance: *First bt J.G. Scott August 2005; second bt November 2008; *third and fourth DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 566 (part); fifth bt May 2010; sixth bt September 2009; seventh bt August 2010; eighth bt July 2005; ninth bt J. Whitmore May 2008; last bt J.G. Scott December 2010
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