Miscellaneous Checks, Warwickshire, Birmingham, W. Beal (2, both brass), gas globe, rev. factory scene; 1894, legend, rev. factory scene, both 31mm (Noble II, 1183); John Bedington, brass, rev. instruments, 27mm (Davis 833); William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary token, 1893, copper, rev. Aston Hall, 29mm (Davis 848); W.W. Greener Ltd, gunmetal, rev. elephant, greener’s special coinage metal, 24mm; Hepworth, brass, rev. fleece, 27mm (Davis 917); S[amuel] Hiron, brass, rev. hand-operated press, 26mm (Hawkins p.296, i; Davis 920); H[enr]y Holland, brass, obv. pistols, 24mm (Davis 921); Lisseter, by T. Pope, brass, rev. running horse, 32mm (Davis 736); M. Lyons, 1851, plated brass, obv. Crystal Palace, 34mm (Allen 265, different rev.; Davis 738); Howard Ryland, brass, 26mm (Hawkins pl.19, 10); G. Turner, copper, rev. fleece, 31mm [12]. Lisseter fine, others very fine to extremely fine, a good group £100-150

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: First bt P. Withers May 1983; *second bt J. Whitmore November 1995; *third and *sixth bt R. Hayes August 1996; fourth bt J. Whitmore April 1980; fifth D.G. Vorley Collection, bt R. Hayes March 1997; seventh bt J. Whitmore May 1986; eighth bt Format September 1992; ninth bt Format February 2001; tenth bt R. Hayes August 1999; eleventh and *twelfth bt J. Whitmore May 2001).

W. Beal, gas fitting manufacturer, Hill street, established 1861; John Bedington, measuring tape manufacturer, 40 Digbeth; William John Davis (1848-1934) of Moseley and John Macmillan (1836-1921) of Edgbaston financed the New Centenary tokens, issued by subscription at 2s. each and which helped publicise the former’s The Token Coinage of Warwickshire (Birmingham, 1895), which was being compiled at the time the tokens made their appearance; William Wellington Greener (1834-1921), son of the gunsmith William Greener (†1869), ‘Rifle hill’, Aston, made his first breechloader rifles under patent in 1864 and established offices in London, Hull, Montreal and New York; Hepworth, proprietor, Midland Woollen Emporium, 41 New street; Samuel Hiron, press manufacturer and diesinker, 52 St Paul’s square, also Dudley and London; Henry Holland, gunsmith, 21 Steelhouse lane; Lisseter, confectioner; M. Lyons, inventor of bright electroplating 1847, 143 Suffolk street; Howard Ryland, manufacturing stationers and diesinkers, fl. 217 Bradford street 1892-1909; G. Turner, proprietor, Albion House drapery, junction of Worcester and New streets