Tokens from the late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII) 954
LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper (3), arms, rev. DEALER IN ANCIENT & MODERN COINS MEDALS ANTIQUES &C within wreath, edges plain, 36mm, 27.12g/12h (W 3075 var.; D & W 345/54), 29mm, 11.35g/12h (W 3076; D & W 345/56), 22mm, 5.74g/12h (W 3077; W TB 2, 2930; D & W 345/58) [3]. Extremely fine, first with some spotting on obverse, second with almost full original colour
£60-£80
Provenance: First Glendining Auction, 10 February 1971, lot 566 (part), P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lot 912 (part) [from Spink February 1971]; second K.S. Collinson Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 527 (part), P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lot 913 (part); last T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 395 (part).
William Till (†8 April 1844), coin dealer from 1831 and a founding member of the Numismatic Society of London in 1836, traded from 17 Great Russell street. He struck a number of private tokens in his own name, the dies for many of which were engraved by W.J. Taylor. The Slough tokens made for him by Taylor, c. 1839, commemorate his father, also William, who was a wine and spirit merchant and the proprietor of the Red Lion Inn, formerly located on the north side of the Great West road near the corner of Stoke Poges lane, now the Brunel bus station in Slough
955
LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper (4), similar, edges plain, 36mm, 27.39g/12h (W 3075 var.; D & W 345/54), 29mm (2, second gilt), 11.30g/12h, 11.17g/12h (W 3076; D & W 345/56), 22mm, 5.73g/12h (W 3077; W TB 2, 2930; D & W 345/58) [4]. Gilt very fine, others extremely fine, first with some spotting on obverse
£80-£100
Provenance: Third Format Coins FPL 55, March 1997 (4455), P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lot 913 (part); last P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lot 913 (part) [from Baldwin April 1970]
956
LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper (3), similar, edges centre-grained, 36mm, 25.54g/12h (W 3075; D & W 345/54), 29mm (2), 12.08g/12h, 12.07g/12h (both W 3076; D & W 345/56) [3]. Second about very fine, others extremely fine and better with original colour, last virtually as struck
£70-£90
Provenance: First T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 395 (part); last P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lot 913 (part) [from Baldwin April 1970]
957
LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, silver, winged figure of Father Time kneeling, gathering coins onto a tray, rev. arms, edge plain, 33mm, 18.75g/12h (W 3080 [not seen]; Bell, 1966, A5; D & W 346/66). No die flaw on reverse, minor hairlines in obverse field, otherwise practically as struck, deeply toned, extremely rare
£300-£400
Provenance: K.S. Collinson Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 527 (part); P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 53, 13 March 2002, lot 916
958
LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834 (2), from the same dies as previous, edges plain, both 33mm, copper, 16.96g/12h, white metal, 12.46g/12h (W 3080 [not seen]; Bell, 1966, A5; D & W 346/65, 346/67) [2]. Die flaw in reverse field, about extremely fine and better, both rare
£100-£150
959
LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, silver, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. legend, COLLECTIONS PURCHASED, etc, edge plain, 33mm, 18.93g/12h (W 3079; Bell, 1966, A6; D & W 346/63). Virtually as struck and richly toned, extremely rare
£300-£400
960
3079; Bell, 1966, A6; D & W 346/62). Extremely fine, rare
Provenance: P.C. Deane Collection; bt P.C.D. December 1987 LONDON, Covent Garden, William Till, 1834, copper, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 33mm, 16.07g (W
£90-£120
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