Tokens from the late David Griffiths Collection (Part VIII)


968


which coins fall, books at left, coin cabinet at right, rev. from the same die as previous, 16.73g/12h (W 3054; Bell, 1966, A3; D & W 345/50). Some light spotting, otherwise virtually as struck and toned, extremely rare


12 struck. Benjamin Nightingale (1806-62), wine and spirit merchant and coin collector, 17 Upper Stamford street, Blackfriars LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, silver, by W.J. Taylor, female seated right, holding cornucopia from


£200-£300


969


13.49g/12h, 13.34g/12h (W 3054; Bell, 1966, A3; D & W 345/49) [2]. Former virtually as struck, latter about extremely fine


£60-£80


Provenance: Second T. McGoldrick Collection, Spink Auction 7, 5 December 1979, lot 395 (part) LONDON, Lambeth, Benjamin Nightingale, 1843, copper (2), by W.J. Taylor, from the same dies as previous,


970


LONDON, Marble Arch, Howard and Frances Simmons, London Coin Fair (4), 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, all brass, dates, revs. legend, all 32mm, 8.09g/12h, 8.10g/12h, 8.05g/12h, 8.10g/12h; Oxford Circus, Richard Lobel, aluminium, 11-15 WIGMORE ST, RARE COINS BOUGHT & SOLD, etc, rev. facsimile of the Continental Dollar, 1776, 40mm, 7.88g/12h [5]. Extremely fine and better


£10-£20 Provenance: Last bt H. Simmons 2005.


Howard William (b. 1954) and Frances Mary Simmons (b. 1953), proprietors of Simmons Gallery Ltd (established 1982), coin and medal dealers and previously organisers of coin fairs, Lambs Conduit street but located since 2004 in Leytonstone, east London; Richard Lobel (b. 1946), from Cambridge, MA, USA, emigrated to London in 1968 and established Coincraft as a central London dealership, currently located opposite the British Museum


971


LONDON, Tower Hill, Royal Mint, copper, crown, ROYAL MINT around, rev. H, edge plain, 32mm. 17.95g/12h. Fine, very rare


£60-£80 Provenance: Simmons Mailbid Sale 31, 25 May 2004 (151).


Sold with a photocopy of a cutting from World Coin News, June 2004, p.44, where Russell Rulau observes that the pass was for control of personnel in section H in the 1920s, an area apparently closely monitored by police


972


LONDON, Walthamstow, Thomas de la Rue, the obv. matrix for a token or medal, unsigned, bust left in greatcoat, THOMAS DE LA RUE above, 40mm, 561.88g; together with De La Rue Engineering Ltd, cupro-nickel, similar bust left, rev. MANUFACTURERS OF 20TH CENTURY COINS, etc, edge grained, 26mm, 5.54g/12h (cf. Sweeny 35 Adv. rev.) [2]. First with some surface rust otherwise very fine and very rare, second extremely fine but stained on reverse Provenance: Second bt Format.


£100-£150


First only illustrated. Thomas de la Rue (1793-1866), originally a printer from St Peter Port, Guernsey, moved to London in 1816 where he initially established a business making straw hats. By the 1830s his company was making playing cards; by 1855 he was involved in printing postage stamps and by 1860 was producing banknotes. In 1896 the business became De La Rue Engineering Ltd and the family sold their interest in it in 1921


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