TICKETS AND PASSES CABINETS AND NUMISMATIC BOOKS
All lots in this section are sold as viewed and NOT subject to return. Viewing is highly recommended.
661 657
FIFE, Culross, Wester Main Colliery, Halfcrowns (2), OCTAVO edges, Shilling and Sixpence, all copper, arms of the Earl of Dundonald, coronet above, motto on scroll below, revs. shield containing two crossed coal picks, 34, 27 and 21mm, 17.82g/12h, 17.54g/12h, 5.52g/12h, 3.13g/12h (D & W 285/42, 285/44, 285/45) [4]. Fine and better, last with rim faults
£100-150 One Halfcrown only illustrated
A mahogany coin cabinet, 34.5 x 29.5 x 27cm, comprising 20 trays double-pierced to house a total of 612 Halfpenny- sized coins, black pulls [two missing], double doors, lock and key. Some trays need easing and lacking a couple of felts, otherwise a sound cabinet in good condition, ideal for a county collection
£200-250 Provenance: Peter Mann
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658
Co CORK, Aghadown, The Leighcloon Mining Co, a uniface copper-washed lead pass, quartered arms, 39mm, 48.39g (D & W –). Fine, extremely rare
£100-150 A lead mine in the Mizen peninsula, west Cork
AKERMAN, J.Y., Examples of Coffee House, Tavern and Tradesmen’s Tokens current in London in the Seventeenth Century, London, 1846, 18pp, 3 engraved plates (Manville 341); BURN, J.H., A Descriptive Catalogue of the London Traders, Tavern, and Coffee-House Tokens Current in the Seventeenth Century, 1st edn, London, 1853, xlviii + 237pp, 2 engraved plates (Manville 379); HUTCHINGS, W.W., London Town Past and Present, vol. II only, London, 1909, xi + 569-1132pp, illustrations in text; LAWRENCE, L.A., On a Portion of a Set of Silver Counters Exhibiting London Criers and their Cries, London, 1920, pp.50-6, 11 engraved plates (Manville 804) [4]. First in modern boards, very fine, second rebound in black half-leather, gilt and ribbed spine, third in publisher’s maroon quarter-leather, marbled pages, last in paper covers
£60-80 Provenance: Ex libris George Berry
663 659
Co DUBLIN, Dublin, Dublin & Kingstown Railway, nickel, small locomotive, rev. SECOND CLASS TOKEN in wreath, 22mm, 5.22g/12h (Moyaux 9; Woodside var. 1; D & W 326/18; Macalister 963). About very fine
£150-200
Provenance: D.C. Pottinger Collection,DNWAuction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 686 [from N.A. Clark September 1992]
660
George IV, brass gaming counters, 1826, 10 Shillings (8), 5 Shillings (10) (D & W 312/41, –) [18]. Extremely fine; contained in original oval tin and leather container
£50-70
[ANON], Catalogue of 18th Century Lancashire Tokens… from the Collection of R. Stanton, Lancaster, 1903, 20pp (Manville –); DAVIS, W.J., and WATERS, A.W., Tickets and Passes of Great Britain and Ireland, [1922], the 1974 reprint, viii + 347pp + index, 2 plates (Manville 827, note); MERVYN, J.F.A., Looking Back 250 Years at Lye Forge… 1699-1949, London, 1949, 44pp, illustrations in text; MATHIAS, P., English Trade Tokens, the Industrial Revolution Illustrated, London, 1962, 64pp including 16 plates (Manville 1090); GREIG, R.M., and others, Communion Tokens, the Australian, New Zealand and Miscellaneous series, Melbourne, 1964, viii + 36pp, 19 engraved plates; SCOTT, J.G., British Countermarks on Copper & Bronze Coins, London, 1975, 179pp, 10 plates (Manville 1324); STANTON, Yolanda C., and TODD, N.B., Devon Tavern Tokens, Exeter, 1982, 181pp, 36 plates (Manville 1484); SCHWER, S.E., Schwer Price Guide to Unofficial Farthings, Colchester, 1986 [incorporating BELL, R.C., Unofficial Farthings 1820-1870], 248pp + prices (Manville 1587); together with other references (15), by Thompson, Newmark, Hawkins, etc, and a tatty copy of Bell’s Unofficial Farthings containing copious handwritten notes on many of the issuers [23]. Publishers’ bindings
£60-80 Provenance: Ex libris George Berry Additional illustrations may be found on our web site
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