British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Improved Sovereign balances (3), by Harrison of Birmingham, T. Simmons and Smith [3]. Virtually as new; all in original card cases (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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The Royal Mint finally accepted responsibility for maintaining the weight and therefore the intrinsic value of the gold coin in circulation in 1891. Until then the owner of a coin was responsible for its diminished value through fair wear and tear