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Trade or advertising tickets, W.J.Taylor, in copper (28mm), G.T.Dutton, celebrated Oxford shoe, Queen Victoria 1857 (3)(M.7925), the mule with Parker's wine vaults and Chichester Cathedral, 1831 (M.7959). Extremely fine or better, the last rare. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $100
Boundary tokens, Durham, Manor of Winlanton in silver (35mm)(M.5317); Gateshead (1849)(M.5316); Northumberland, Hareshaw Common, in copper (31mm)(M.5313); Blanchard, 1839 (M.8454); Richmond 1878, T.Shaw, Mayor, in brass, plain edge (31mm). Very fine - good extremely fine. (5)
Estimate $200
SOLD $700
Wales, truck tickets, Glamorgan, Penydarren Ironworks, five shillings, 1800, No 1023 (Cox 639); Clydach (Ironworks) shop, (1809-15), countermarked 2 (Cox 633). Fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
Wales, The Adelphi Society, pass in silver (oval 28x34mm)(M.5608); Cremation ticket, 1884 in copper, (oval 35x26mm). Nearly extremely fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $300
SOLD $200
River Wear Commission, checks (11), Pier Head Works (2), Scotland, Leith Dock Commission. Fine - very fine and rare. (14)
Estimate $200
SOLD $180
Ireland, medalets (3), communion token, checks and tokens (6, including two tubs, M.8506 and Royal Dublin Society 'child' pass (c1844)(M.8394/5); Scotland, checks (10). Fine - good extremely fine. (20)
Estimate $300
SOLD $240
Checks, medalets, and tickets, miscellaneous advertising medals, balance of collections, includes Kirk's medalets 1773-5 (12), Nelson (2), Bristow 1788, S&B 1773, School rewards (merit tokens) 1817-1826 (5), Mihell's Caravan Office (M.5288), nearly all attributed with Mitchener numbers, all in binder album. Fine - extremely fine. (230)
Estimate $4,000
SOLD $2,400
Co-operative society checks and tokens, an extensive collection in two binder albums, each piece in a 2x2 holder with descriptions and attributed with Rains numbers (800 pieces) plus 27 unlisted in Rains, a copy of the third and latest edition of the reference included in this lot. Fine - extremely fine. (827)
Estimate $2,000
SOLD $1,800
Merchant and other tokens, A.Ryder, Upwell halfpenny, one penny halfpenny and five shillings, set of three cardboard tokens (4 sets); Bexley B.C. one shilling deposit token in aluminium (32.5mm), pierced hole for suspension; Frank H. Webb, Smithfield Market, Birmingham two shillings and sixpence token in aluminium (25mm); Burton Latimer Co-op Soc, one pint token in aluminium (22mm square); E. Roberts, Old Queen Bess Asylum Road, Old Ken Road, three halfpence in white metal (28mm); Wales, Ynysybwl Indus. Co-op. Soc, two shillings in bronze (oval 22x31mm); other tokens including NAAFI half franc, undated (1945); also two laminate blanks, one circular (25mm) and one hexagonal (24mm); ACS, BCOF one unit in aluminium (22mm); Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, England, locker token in brass (23mm); Onex Industries, Shagmaster Division golf ball token in nickel (23mm); Mander's dairy one pint token, in nickel (17.5mm), with centre hole. Fine - extremely fine. (24)
Estimate $100
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