Unofficial Farthings, Staffordshire, Bilston, T. & F. Lewis (UFS 220); Smethwick, Lea & Edwards (UFS 4630); Stafford, T. Hill, 1836 (UFS 4790); Stone, Thomas Lucas (UFS 4890, plain edge); Walsall, E. Rowley (UFS 4980), E.S. Scholey (UFS 4990); Worcestershire, Netherton, S.M. Wright (UFS 3690) [7]. UFS 4630 and 4990 extremely fine, UFS 3690 good fine, others generally very fine £50-70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger.

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Provenance: UFS 220 M.Z. Gerson Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 53, 19 June 1986, lot 389 (part), bt S.E. Schwer September 1986; UFS 3690 bt A. Byde February 1986; *UFS 4630 bt J. Whitmore May 2004; UFS 4790 bt Reading Coin Club March 2000; UFS 4890 bt L. Bennett March 1987; UFS 4980 bt S.H. Monks July 2002; *UFS 4990 bt J. Whitmore November 1990).

T. & F. Lewis, grocers and tea dealers, Church street; Lea & Edwards, grocers; T. Hill, general dealer and grindery warehouse proprietor; Thomas Lucas, grocer, High street, est. 1820; E. Rowley, grocer and tea dealer, 6 Church hill; E.S. Scholey, bookseller, Alliance Coffee House, advocate of chartism; S.M. Wright, grocer and tea dealer