Lot 3533

Description

1st Royal Warwickshire Regt Volunteers, tokens in brass, penny (24mm), twopence (square 28mm), threepence (hexagonal 32.5mm), Gymnasium (32mm); penny, obverse, "W.R.V." across centre, "1" at top, "Canteen" at bottom, reverse, denomination inside a decorative border; twopence, obverse and reverse identical, "2" in centre, "Canteen" at top, "1st W.R.V." at bottom; threepence, same as twopence but "3" in centre (Yarwood BMT147, 149, 150); Gymnasium, obverse, "1st / W.R.V." in top half, impressed no.46 on line in lower half, reverse, "Gymnasium" across centre with decorative device above and below. Some evidence of corrosion on second item, third item nearly extremely fine, other two fine - very fine and rare. (4)