The Collection of Sheffield Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by Tim Hale 1152
Pay and Tool Checks: George Bassett & Co, white metal, 32mm; C. Booth & Son, brass (2), both 28mm; John Brown & Co Ltd, uniface brass, stamped 2821, 39mm, [Atlas Works], uniface oval enamel by Fattorini (3), stamped 00492, 17060, 37843, all 42 x 31mm; Charles Cammell & Co Ltd, Grimesthorpe Steelworks, brass, 33mm, West Forge, uniface octagonal brass, stamped 350, 31mm; John Crowley & Co Ltd, Meadow Hall Iron Works, brass (3), stamped 159, 186, 338, all 31mm; Davy & United [Engineering Co], Darnall, uniface aluminium, stamped 70, 32mm; W.T. Flather Ltd, Canteen, brass Four Shillings and Sixpence, 32mm; G.P.O. Service, Sheffield Telephone Area, brass, stamped 274 DISTRICT, 30mm; William Jenkinson & Co, brass by Pasley, 33mm; The Laycock Engineering Co Ltd, oval brass, stamped 153, 44 x 27mm; The National Telephone Co Ltd, Commercial Staff, Sheffield, uniface brass, stamped 134, 30mm; N [ewton] C[hambers] & Co, Norfolk Colliery, uniface brass, 33mm, Parkgate Colliery, brass, 33mm, Smithy Wood Colliery, brass, 34mm; The Sheffield Coal Co Ltd (J.D. & Co), brass, 30mm; The United Velvet Cutters’ Association Ltd, brass by Pasley, 33mm; T[homas] Turton & Sons, uniface copper, stamped E, 25mm; Thurcroft Main Colliery, uniface brass, stamped 143, 33mm; Vickers Sons & Maxim Ltd, brass (2), stamped 2642, 4997, both 32mm; Vickers Ltd, brass (2), stamped 324 SA, 4136, both 33mm; Yorkshire Engine Co Ltd, uniface brass, stamped 233, 33mm [30]. Fine to very fine, some better
£140-£180
George Bassett & Co, Owlerton, confectionery manufacturers (liquorice allsorts), established 1842; C. Booth & Son, cutlers, Sheffield House, Huddersfield; John Brown & Co Ltd, steelmakers, Atlas Works, and later shipbuilders on Clydebank; Charles Cammell & Co Ltd, steelmakers, Cyclops Iron & Steel Works; John Crowley & Co Ltd, iron and steelmakers, Kelham and Meadow Hall; Davy & United Engineering Co, ironfounders, Darnall; W.T. Flather Ltd, Standard Steelworks; Laycock Engineering Co Ltd, railway engineers, Archer road, Millhouses; Newton, Chambers & Co, coal miners and manufacturers of coal-based products, Phoenix Ironfoundry, established 1789; Sheffield Coal Co Ltd, coal miners, established 1805, subsumed within the NCB; Thomas Turton & Sons, steelmakers, Sheaf Works; Vickers Son & Maxim Ltd, steel founders, ordnance and ammunition manufacturers, later (1911) becoming Vickers Ltd, aircraft manufacturers; Yorkshire Engine Co Ltd, locomotive manufacturers, established 1865
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Refreshment Checks: Edward Street, Black Horse, brass Threepence, 26mm Todd/Cunningham p.7; W p.304); Great Houghton, Church Schools, brass, 33mm; Haymarket, Wiley & Co, brass 2 Shillings, 32mm; Meadow Hall, Railway Hotel, brass Threepence, Twopence-Halfpenny and Threehalfpence, all 26mm (TC p.12; W p.333); Neepsend Lane, Sawmakers’ Arms, brass Threehalfpence, rev. stamped PAX, 25mm (TC p.13); Pond Hill, Lyceum Hotel, uniface brass Threepence, 27mm; Princess Street, Regents Arms, G[eorge] Skelton, brass Twopence, 30mm (TC p.12); Queen Street, Three Cranes, uniface brass Threepence, 27mm; Westbar Green, Denton’s Free Beer Stores, brass Threepence, 26mm; Wincobank, Fox & Grapes, brass Twopence-Halfpenny, 30mm (TC p.9); together with Webster’s Yorkshire Bitter, brass, 24mm [13]. Penultimate fair, others fine to very fine, some better, mostly rare Provenance: Fifth bt D.C. Pennock February 2008; last bt R. Hayes 1994.
£150-£200
Black Horse, 19 and 21 Edward street, beerhouse, 1876-89; Fox & Grapes, 519 Meadow Hall road, Wincobank; Regents Arms, 62 Princess street, innholder George Skelton [1895/6]...1902...; Sawmakers’ Arms, 1 Neepsend lane, fl. c. 1860-1996; Three Cranes, 74 Queen street; Wiley & Co, wine, spirit and cigar merchants, Haymarket, established 1832
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Transport: Sheffield and Rotherham Railway, 1838, copper, legend, rev. OMNIBUS CHECK, stamped 1895, 27mm (W 2888; Smith 685A; D & W 330/50). Extremely fine with considerable original colour
£40-£50
Provenance: Sheffield Railwayana Auctions (Woodford Halse), March 2001, lot 336. The Sheffield & Rotherham Railway opened in 1838 and was amalgamated with the Midland Railway in 1845
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