Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Taylor & Challen Ltd, 1903 (2), silver-plated and bronze, coining press, revs. legend, edges plain, both 32mm, 12.27g/12h, 13.21g/12h (W –; Hawkins p.470); undated (2), both brass, coining press, revs. legend, edges grained, both 24mm, 6.45g/12h, 6.35g/12h (W 3074) [4]. First extremely fine with mottled tone, others very fine and better £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: First bt Format.

Taylor & Challen Ltd, Derwent Works, 99 Constitution hill, established 1889, was the formally restyled name of the former business of Joseph Taylor, diesinker and medallist in Birmingham from 1865; the company was known as Taylor & Challen by 1880. It was subsumed within Associated British Machine Tool Makers Ltd in 1964