Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Broadchalke, Central Stores, F[rank] Bailey, brass Halfcrown, 25mm; Calne, Calne CSL [Founded 1903], One Pint (2), brass and aluminium, both 22mm, Mutuality Club celluloid Sixpence, 23mm (Rains 2, 3, 5), Thomas Harris & Sons, lead seal, 23mm, Peach Tree Coffee Tavern, brass Twopence, 24mm (Owens 244; Greenaway 1177) [6]. Fine and better
£40-£50

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: First bt June 2014; last bt R. Setchfield January 2009.

Penultimate UKDFD 45587, recorded August 2014. F. Bailey & Son, established 1881; sold with further detail from the seller, a newspaper cutting featuring a photograph of the shop and a further image of it with the name of the issuer clearly visible. Thomas Harris & Sons, bacon curers; sold with a note on the firm, and its impact on the town of Calne. Peach Tree Coffee Tavern, Wood street, proprietor Thomas Harris, opened 1 March 1881