Tokens from the late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII)
1059
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, Gerald Chorley, 1913, uniface concave rev. trial, copper, HIS TOKEN FOR EXCHANGE, etc, 28mm, edge plain, 11.97g (Bell, 1966, p.297, this piece mentioned). Virtually as made with almost full original colour; possibly only one other known [the next Lot]
£200-£300
Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 439 (part) [from Spink 1975]
1060
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, Gerald Chorley, 1913, uniface concave rev. trial, bronze, from the same die as previous, 28mm, edge plain, 12.33g (Bell, 1966, p.297). Extremely fine; possibly only one other known [the previous Lot]
£150-£200
Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection; W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 440 [from P.C.D. 1985]
1061
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, Gerald Chorley, 1913, gilt-copper, crest of a falcon’s head surmounting a Cap of Maintenance, rev. HIS TOKEN FOR EXCHANGE, etc, 27mm, edge stepped, 12.02g/12h (Bell, 1966, A18). Small spot by E of EXCHANGE, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, extremely rare
£150-£200
Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 301. 6 struck
1062
YORKSHIRE, Leeds, Gerald Chorley, 1913, bronze, from the same dies as previous, 27mm, edge stepped, 12.02g/12h (Bell, 1966, A18). Brilliant and practically as struck, very rare
£90-£120
Provenance: R.C. Bell Collection, DNW Auction 26, 1 October 1996, lot 302. 25 struck
1063
USA, Crestline, CA, George Kolbe, 1988, copper $2.50 (2), unsigned [by K. Douglas for Meyer Katz], FINE NUMISMATIC BOOKS, etc, revs. book on column within wreath, edges plain, both 28mm, 11.69g/12h, 11.67g/12h; Des Moines, IA, Robert Lubetkin, bright aluminium, COLLECTOR OF ECLECTIC EXONUMIA, etc, rev. crossed mitres, roses around, edge plain, 38mm, 7.10g/12h [3]. Brilliant mint state
£10-£20 Provenance: Gifts from the issuers, latter via S.E. Schwer.
George Frederick Kolbe (b. 1941), originally from Yonkers, NY and Pasadena, CA, established his numismatic book dealership in 1967 in Crestline and the company has held regular book auctions since 1976. In 2010 Kolbe entered into partnership with David Fanning at Gahanna, OH, and Kolbe & Fanning are North America’s premier numismatic book dealers. Robert Henry Lubetkin (1925-2013), originally from Mt Vernon, NY, served in World War II and moved to Des Moines in 1948, where his career was spent largely in management positions in the city’s Younkers department store
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