Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Clubs and Societies: Benevolent Burial Society, brass Threepence by Pasley, 27mm; Grimethorpe Ex-Servicemens’ Club, uniface brass, 25mm; Grimethorpe Working Mens’ Club & Institute, uniface brass Members’ Check, 25mm; Owlerton, Red Lion, R. S[ick, F[riendly] & D[ividend] S[ociety], uniface brass Threepence, 25mm (W 2134; TC p.12; cf. DNW 127, 2988); Rutland F.G.S. & Friendly Society, brass Threepence, 26mm; St James’s Ward Conservative Club, octagonal brass Threehalfpence, 30mm; Second Borough Building Society, Queen’s Head, brass, 25mm; Second Hallamshire Building Society, copper, 25mm; Spiritual Alliance, Sheffield Centre, brass, 30mm; Tinsley Working Mens’ Club, uniface aluminum Sixpence by Gill, 25mm [10]. Fine to very fine, several rare £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Sheffield Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by Tim Hale.

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Provenance: First with B.M. Greenaway, bt D.C. Pennock 2003.

Benevolent Burial Society, established 1837; the Second Borough Building Society established June 1858; Queen’s Head, Castle street