BRITISH TOKENS FROM OTHER PROPERTIES 521
522 517
LANCASHIRE, Accrington, Accrington Corporation Steam Tramways Co, brass Threepence, 31mm (Smith 5 BD);
STAFFORDSHIRE,
MIDDLESEX, 18th century tokens (21, one in white metal) [21]. Varied state
£90-120
SUSSEX, Brighton, TILLEY’S COALS BRIGHTON countermarked on rev. of France, Napoleon III, 10 Centimes, 1856W (Scott 35.204); together with other miscellaneous tokens, etc (11, including Australian) [12]. Varied state
£30-40 Stoke-on-Trent,
Staffordshire Potteries Street Railway Co Ltd, oval brass, 23 x 18mm (Smith 730 PB); YORKSHIRE, Bradford, Bradford City Tramways, oval brass Penny, 30 x 18mm (Smith 115C); Sheffield, Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, 1838, copper (3), OMNIBUS CHECK, stamped 852, 967, 1584, all 27mm (Smith 685A; D & W 330/50); John Shortridge, copper Threepence, 1852, SHEFFIELD AND HEELEY OMNIBUS, 27 x 18mm (Smith 685C); LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Andrew Menzies, oval brass Twopence, 1859, CITY OMNIBUS FARE, 27 x 18mm (Smith 420E; Brodie 305) [8]. Sheffield and Rotherham extremely fine and better with almost full original colour, others very fine, a good group £120-150
Provenance: Bt J.D. King 1986-7. Fifth only illustrated
518
LONDON, Bloomsbury Square, Bedford Head Tavern, P. Maclure, copper, 23mm; WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Royal Oak Tavern, S. Ottignon, brass Twopence, 26mm (W 3111); WORCESTERSHIRE, Lye, Falcon Inn, C. Robinson, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by R. Whittaker, 25mm(W –); Stourbridge, Crispin, Matthews, brass Threepence, 24mm (W 9680); together with other miscellaneous brass checks (5) [9]. Mostly fine
£40-60 Provenance: G. Berry Collection 523
SUSSEX, Northiam, hop tokens (10), of Edward Gladwish, 1847, Edward Lord (2, one dated 1845) and J.W. Lord (7, five dated 1883) [10]. Very fine to extremely fine for this material
£80-100
Provenance: By descent to Mrs C. Lord, Natal, South Africa; sold with relating letter from Seaby, August 1989
524
SUSSEX, hop tokens (200), from Ashburnham, Battle, Beckley, Bexhill, Brede, Burwash, Ewhurst, Fairlight, Hawkhurst, Hurst Green, Icklesham, Ninfield, Northiam, Peasmarsh, Robertsbridge, Rotherfield, Rye, Sedlescombe, Udimore, West Chiltington, Westfield, etc, including Acworth/Henderson nos. 19, 28, 49, 52, 53, 60, 66, 70, 73, 118, 121, 132, 139, 160, 161, 162, 163, 178, 180, 198, 201, 220, 221, 223, 230, 261, 262, 270, 281, 282, 284, 294, 323, 324, 325, 327, 353, 357, 361, 370, 371, 373, 387, 391, 398, 406, 422, 425, 427, 432, 437, 447, 448, 476, 486, 488, 493, 494, 499, 507, 508, 509, 514, 516, 517, 548, 579, 583, 585, 594 [200]. Varied state; all identified in packets and sold with a descriptive list
£300-500
519
LONDON, London and Greenwich Railway Co, cardboard, winged pegasus both sides, 32mm (D & W 329/42, note; MG 1393), copper, 25mm (D & W 329/44; MG 1391) [2]. First extremely fine, second fine £40-60
Provenance: Bt J.D. King 1987, additionally: *first Swan Collection, Glendining Auction, 17 April 1986, lot 9 (part) [from J. Phillimore December 1936]
525
ORKNEY Is., Kirkwall, St Magnus Bazaar, coloured card tokens for 2 Shillings, Shilling, Sixpence and Penny, c. 1950, all 32mm [4]. 2 Shillings fine, Sixpence very fine, others extremely fine, all rare
£50-100 Provenance: S.A. Bole Collection [from C.J. Denton] 526
Co ANTRIM, Ligoniel, Wolfhill Spinning Co, octagonal white metal Sixpence, brass Threepence, Penny and Halfpenny, 22, 29, 31 and 26mm (cf. Dublinia 480); Co GALWAY, Glenlough, Menlough Castle, [Sir John Blake], copper Sixpence, 1819, 28mm (D & W 337/30; Davis 1) [5]. First and last about fine, third good fine, others very fine
£80-100 Provenance: S.A. Bole Collection [from C.J. Denton] 520
LONDON, a George III, Twopence, 1797, obv. countermarked SG EW in rectangle (Sharman, SNC October 2008, p.243, this piece). Coin fine but edge knocked, countermark very fine, unusual
£50-70
The initials in the countermark are those of the London goldsmiths Samuel Godbehere and Edward Wigan, recorded in partnership between 1786 and 1800 at 86 Cheapside. Sold with a copy of the article by Robert Sharman
Additional illustrations may be found on our website 528
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Mintagh Kavanagh, Twopence (Todd 144; ‘Dublinia’ 431). Good fine
£25-35
www.dnw.co.uk 527
Co ANTRIM, Ligoniel, Wolfhill Spinning Co Ltd, brass Threepence, Penny and Halfpenny (cf. Dublinia 479-81) [3]. Penny fine, others very fine and better
£70-90
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