Catalogue
English 18th century tokens, most with military connection, Hampshire, Petersfield, halfpenny, 1793 (2) (D&H47) (Yarwood TT020); Essex, Warley, halfpenny, 1794 (D&H36) (Yarwood TT027); Norfolk, Norwich, halfpenny, 1793 (D&H46) (Yarwood TT018); Hampshire, Portsmouth, halfpenny, 1797 (D&H61); Cornwall, Penryn, halfpenny, 1794 (D&H4) (Yarwood TT019); Warwickshire, Birmingham, halfpenny, 1794 (D&H74). One of the first two tokens has an area of rust on reverse, the next four fine, the last two very fine. (7)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Royal Artillery Canteen, tokens in bronze (23mm) unofficial farthing, obverse, young head Queen Victoria wearing tiara facing right, "Pinches" below truncation, around, "Royal Artillery Canteen Woolwich", reverse, field gun left, above, "Gregory Browne", below, "Wine Malt Liquer / and Provision / Merchant" (Yarwood BMT001). Uncirculated with some mint red and hence very rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
Royal Artillery Canteen, Woolwich, tokens in bronze, type 1 (34mm), obverse, crest in centre, above, "Gregory Browne", below in two lines, "Tenant By Appointment / Of The War Department", reverse, centre circle, around, "Royal Artillery Canteen Woolwich"; another identical but impressed number "6" on reverse; type 2 (26mm), one penny halfpenny, obverse, denomination in centre with word "Bar" across, around top, "Royal Artillery Canteen", at bottom, "Woolwich", reverse, R.A. Badge (Yarwood BMT02, 013). Second item has rim bump at three o'clock, otherwise very fine, last item very fine, first item is extremely fine, scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Royal Artillery Canteen, Woolwich, tokens, quarter (farthing) in bronze (26mm), holed near centre right, obverse, "1" over "4" "Bar" between, around, "Royal Artillery Canteen Woolwich", reverse, R.A. badge; another similar, larger lettering, no "Bar" between instead impressed "Bar"; one penny in brass (26mm), no hole, identical to previous but no "Bar" and "1" in centre' penny halfpenny in bronze (25.5mm), identical to previous but denomination in middle with "Bar" across; twopence in bronze (25.5mm), identical to previous, no "Bar", "2" in centre; another twopence, identical to previous but larger lettering and the word "Bar" impressed across "2"; threepence in cupro nickel (25mm), identical to previous with word "Bar" across "3"; two shillings and sixpence in brass (31mm), holed at one o'clock, identical to previous, no "Bar", "2/6" in centre (Yarwood, first two items not recorded, BMT010, 013, 014, 014A, second last item not recorded, BMT019). Very good - good very fine, some very rare. (8)
Estimate $300
SOLD $440
R.A. (Royal Artillery) Shops, Woolwich, penny halfpenny token in brass (22mm), reverse, denomination incuse (not recorded in Yarwood). Good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
R.A (Royal Artillery), Canteen, threepence token, in bronze (25mm) uniface, late 19th century (not listed in Yarwood). Sticky tape on reverse, good very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $80
Garrison Artillery Division Volunteers, Headquarters Saloon, token in bronze (25mm), sixpence, holed near side edge at 8 o'clock, obverse, initials, "GADV", around, "Headquarters Saloon", reverse, denomination in centre, below, "Worth", at top, "Good For", at bottom, "At The Bank" (not recorded); 78th Field Battery, token in brass (30mm), threepence, obverse, "78th / Field / Battery / R.A.", reverse, denomination inside circle (Yarwood BMT005); dog tag in fibre, "G R / G Goldman / 310660 / GFA" (Garrison Field Artillery), reverse, "33 / Battery / B (reversed)". First item has a clipped edge at eight o'clock, good fine, the last item is good fine and the second item is good very fine, the first two items scarce - rare. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $100
80th Field Battery R.A, (Royal Artillery), one penny token in brass (30mm) (Yarwood BMT006). Small spot on reverse, traces of mint bloom, good extremely fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
1st Division, Royal Artillery, Coffee Shop, token in brass (22mm), one penny, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "R.A.Coffee Shop", below, "1st Division", reverse, field gun right in a circle with outer band divided into quarters (Yarwood BMT022); Royal Arsenal Woolwich, check in bronze (26mm), obverse, arms in centre, around, "Royal Arsenal Woolwich", reverse, "T & S Ltd B'Ham" across top, herringbone pattern surface, raised tablet at bottom. Very fine - extremely fine. (2)
Estimate $80
SOLD $130
Royal Artillery, Aldershot, canteen token in zinc (25.5mm), halfpenny, obverse, denomination, at top, "Royal Artillery Canteen", at bottom, "Aldershot", reverse, unit badge (not listed, cf. Yarwood BMT023); 8th Battalion Depot, Sergeants Mess token in brass (26.5mm), one penny halfpenny, obverse, in centre, "8th / Depot", at top, "Sergeants Mess", at bottom, "Battalion", reverse, denomination in centre, below "H.Smith Birm.", wreath around (Yarwood BMT159). Both with traces of original mint bloom, extremely fine and very rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
Royal Artillery Brigade, token in brass (22mm), one penny, obverse, "Recreation Room" across centre, around top, "G Battery C Brigade RHA", reverse, denomination inside closed wreath, below, "Andill Leeds" (Yarwood BMT025); 9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, tokens in brass (25mm) (3), obverse, "9th" in centre, around, "Lancs.Artillery Volunteers", reverse, field gun right, type 1, at top, "Brigade", type 2, at top, '1st", at bottom, "Battery", type 3, at top, "3rd", at bottom, "Battery" (Yarwood BMT032, 033, 035). First item bent on edge at eight o'clock otherwise fine, the rest very fine - good very fine. (4)
Estimate $110
SOLD $120
Royal Marines Artillery, Eastney, canteen tokens, late 1800s, halfpenny (zinc 24mm), penny (brass 25mm), twopence (copper 25mm), threepence (German silver 25mm), another identical but reverse upset 180 degrees, twelve pence (German silver 32mm) (2, one impressed "SHT" on obverse, the other with a machined circular section in middle of obverse and impressed "PAL"), obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "R.M.A. Canteen", at bottom, "Eastney", reverse, Queen Victoria crown above crossed cannons with unit motto in scroll below. First token is pierced at the top and badly corroded, the rest very fine, some rare. (7)
Estimate $300
SOLD $350
5th L.V.A., (London Volunteer Artillery), canteen tokens in brass (25mm), one and half pence, twopence, sixpence, all counterstamped with twelve dots, the first flattened (not recorded). The first poor, the rest very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $120
SOLD $200
9th Lancashire Artillery Volunteers, tokens in brass (25mm) (3), obverse, "9th" in centre, around, "Lancs. Artillery Volunteers", reverse, field gun right, type 1, at top, "Brigade", type 2, at top, "1st", at bottom, "Battery", type 3, at top, "3rd", at bottom, "Battery" (Yarwood BMT032, 033, 035). Very fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $50
Manchester Artillery, canteen token in brass (27mm), twopence, obverse, field gun left, above, "Jeffs VII Mant", below, "Lancashire", in a garter around edge, "Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt", reverse, denomination, at top, "The Manchester Artillery", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT036); Royal Marine Light Artillery, token in cupro nickel (23mm), obverse, initials, "R A / M L" in relief on textured surface, impressed number "1" roughly in centre, reverse, plain impressed with number "1" (not recorded). Very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $150
Cavalry Brigade, Aldershot, canteen tokens, halfpenny (zinc, octagonal 29mm), penny (brass, 26mm) (2, one with thicker lettering), another (cupro nickel 24mm), another (cupro nickel 26mm), one penny halfpenny (zinc, oval 19mm x 28mm), sixpence (brass 31mm), another (German silver 31mm) (2, different dies) both struck slightly off-centre, obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, at top, "Cavalry Brigade Canteen", at bottom, "Aldershot" (Yarwood BMT039, 041, 041B, 042, 043, 043B). Very good - good very fine, some rare. (9)
Estimate $300
SOLD $400
Cavalry Canteen, tokens, one pint (brass 25mm), half dram (brass, hexagonal 29mm), obverse, "Cavalry / Canteen", reverse, value in two-lines (Yarwood BMT044, 045); Cavalry Canteen (or Club), token (German silver 31mm), sixpence, obverse, entwined Cs over crossed sword and sceptre, crown above, at base, "F&B", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT059). Very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $100
SOLD $180
Fourth Hussars, canteen token in bronze (25mm), penny, overstamped on previous token, obverse, "Canteen" between two lines across centre, above, "Fourth", below, "Hussars", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT047); Tenth Royal Hussars, token in brass (25mm), halfpenny, obverse, crowned symbol of unit above denomination, reverse, impressed, "SM / 16 / CC". Very fine, extremely rare. (2)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
Royal North Devon Hussars, tokens in zinc, late 19th century, penny (19.5mm), sixpence (23mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "Royal North Devon Hussars" (Yarwood BMT048, 052). Second item corroded and pitted, very good, first item very fine, very rare. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $340
Corps of Dragoons, token in bronze (25mm), halfpenny, another in brass, penny, obverse, "CD" in centre crown above, below, "1895", reverse, denomination, the penny with pierced holes at sides of the crown (Yarwood BMT060, 061). Very fine and scarce.
Estimate $80
SOLD $40
Corps of Dragoons, token in bronze (25mm), halfpenny, obverse, entwined initials, "CD" in centre, crown above, "1895" below, reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT060); King's Dragoon Guards, tokens in brass, farthing (26mm), halfpenny (31mm), obverse, unit crest, reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT064, 065). Very fine - good very fine and scarce. (3)
Estimate $120
SOLD $160
East Riding of York's Yeomanry, uniface token in zinc (24mm), halfpenny, obverse, denomination in centre, around, "East Riding of York's Yeomanry", reverse, plain (Yarwood BMT068). Very fine and rare.
Estimate $100
SOLD $100
XXXII Cornwall Light Infantry, canteen token (brass 25mm), one penny, obverse, denomination in centre, at top, "XXXII", around, "Cornwall Light Infantry", reverse, arms of Duke of Cornwall, at top, "Regimental", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT085); 1st Leicestershire Regiment, canteen tokens, halfpenny (bronze heart shaped 23mm x 23mm), threepence (zinc scalloped 31mm), sixpence (zinc oval 18mm x 23mm), obverse and reverse identical, denomination in centre, above, "1st Leicestershire", below, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT098, 100, 101). Very fine and scarce. (4)
Estimate $150
SOLD $140
Duke of Cambridge's Hussars, token in zinc (32mm), penny, obverse, unit badge, below, ".Duke of Cambridges Hussars.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT071); 4th Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regt, token in brass (24mm), one penny (2), pierced hole near top, obverse, denomination in centre, around top, "Fourth V.B.Hants.Regt", at bottom, "Canteen", reverse, plain (Yarwood BMT088). Fine - good very fine. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $70
British Army Recruits, meal tokens, Dinner, 1 Coy (brass 25mm) (Yarwood BMT077), A Coy (brass 25mm), pierced hole at top (Yarwood BMT076A), C countermarked over L Coy (brass 25mm) (cf. Yarwood BMT076A), Breakfast, 837 counterstamped over TD over ? Coy (zinc 25mm) (cf. Yarwood BMT075), C countermarked over L Coy (zinc 25mm), 1 Coy (zinc 25mm) pierced hole at top, A Coy (zinc 24mm) (cf. Yarwood BMT075 but no quotation marks), Tea, C countermark over L Coy (not recorded). Fine - good very fine. (8)
Estimate $160
SOLD $200
The King's Own, (Royal Lancaster Regiment), canteen tokens in brass, penny (24mm), threepence (33mm), uniface, obverse, denomination in centre, hole pierced above, around top, "1st Battn King's Own", at bottom, "Canteen" (Yarwood BMT095, second item not recorded). Fine - very fine and rare. (2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $130
Recruiting Depot, tokens in brass, twopence (91mm), obverse, "Victoria / R.D", reverse, "Dinners", impressed below, "365" (Yarwood, first unrecorded, BMT097). First item extremely fine and rare, second is very fine. (2)
Estimate $100
SOLD $90
Finsburg Volunteer Rifles, checkpiece in brass (30mm) pierced hole above arms, obverse, coat-of-arms in centre, at top, "Finsburg", at bottom, "Rifle Volunteers", reverse, plain except for impressed no.482 (Yarwood BUT145); 2nd London Rifles, token in brass (23mm), twopence, obverse, "2nd London Rifles / 57A / Farringdon Rd /E.C.", reverse, denomination (Yarwood BMT109 but no maker's name on reverse". Good very fine and very rare.(2)
Estimate $120
SOLD $180
1st Volunteer Battalion Hampshire Regt, canteen tokens (copper 28mm), twopence (brass 28mm), obverse, "Canteen" across centre, at top, "1st Vol. Batt." at bottom, "Hampshire Regt", reverse, denomination, above, "Neal", below, "Maker / 19 Percival St", penny has two leaves and dot below D, twopence has three crosses; regimental club voucher of membership in brass (28mm) with suspension loop, obverse, in centre, "3rd / V.B. / Hants Regt", at top, "Regimental Club", at bottom, "Voucher of Membership", reverse, at top, "Regtl / No." impressed no. 283, below, "The Holder As Above / Indicated Is Held / Strictly Responsible / For The Proper Use Of / This Voucher Under / Existing Regulations". Very fine - nearly extremely fine and rare. (3)
Estimate $150
SOLD $160
37th Middlesex Volunteer Regt Camp, tokens in brass (28mm), one penny, twopence, fourpence, obverse, initials "CGB" (Giles George & Bloomberg) in centre, at top, "37th Middlesex V.R.", at bottom, "Camp", reverse, denomination in centre, value above, below, "W.J.Taylor Medallist / London", on the fourpence this is curved (Yarwood BMT110, 111, fourpence not recorded). Fine - very fine, the last very rare. (3)
Estimate $140
SOLD $70