The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Bradford-on-Avon, Bradford-on-Avon CS [Est. 1861], bronze 1 Pound, 22mm, bronze bracteate 10 Shillings, 27mm (Rains 9, 10); Bradford-on-Avon CSL, 1/4 Quartern (2), brass and aluminium, 19 and 18mm, 1/2 Quartern (2), brass and aluminium, both 25mm, octagonal aluminium 1 Pint Milk, 24mm (Rains 12-15, 19); Lamb Inn, Thomas Holloway, brass Threepence by Pope, 27mm; Mason’s Arms, brass, 23mm (Whitmore p.325); Three Horseshoes Inn, copper, c in centre of rev., 21.5mm (Greenaway 1175) [10]. Last very fine, sixth on a defective flan, otherwise fine and better £90-£120

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: Third bt A. Judd August 2008; ninth bt D. Turner May 2016; last bt A. Hunt June 2020.

Thomas Holloway, innholder, The Lamb, Silver street, 1859; inn closed in 1914. Masons Arms, 52 Newtown, now a private residence. The Three Horseshoes, Frome road, believed to date from 1685