Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Refreshment Checks: Edward Street, Black Horse, brass Threepence, 26mm Todd/Cunningham p.7; W p.304); Great Houghton, Church Schools, brass, 33mm; Haymarket, Wiley & Co, brass 2 Shillings, 32mm; Meadow Hall, Railway Hotel, brass Threepence, Twopence-Halfpenny and Threehalfpence, all 26mm (TC p.12; W p.333); Neepsend Lane, Sawmakers’ Arms, brass Threehalfpence, rev. stamped pax, 25mm (TC p.13); Pond Hill, Lyceum Hotel, uniface brass Threepence, 27mm; Princess Street, Regents Arms, G[eorge] Skelton, brass Twopence, 30mm (TC p.12); Queen Street, Three Cranes, uniface brass Threepence, 27mm; Westbar Green, Denton’s Free Beer Stores, brass Threepence, 26mm; Wincobank, Fox & Grapes, brass Twopence-Halfpenny, 30mm (TC p.9); together with Webster’s Yorkshire Bitter, brass, 24mm [13]. Penultimate fair, others fine to very fine, some better, mostly rare £150-£200

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: Fifth bt D.C. Pennock February 2008; last bt R. Hayes 1994.

Black Horse, 19 and 21 Edward street, beerhouse, 1876-89; Fox & Grapes, 519 Meadow Hall road, Wincobank; Regents Arms, 62 Princess street, innholder George Skelton [1895/6]...1902...; Sawmakers’ Arms, 1 Neepsend lane, fl. c. 1860-1996; Three Cranes, 74 Queen street; Wiley & Co, wine, spirit and cigar merchants, Haymarket, established 1832