Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore

Inn Tokens, Kidderminster, Angel Inn, E[nos] Moody, brass, eg, 26mm, 5.37g/12h (W 2320, recté brass); Bay Horse Inn, anonymous, brass Threepence, eg, 23mm, 5.54g/12h (W 2340, this piece illustrated); Black Bull Inn, W[illiam] Hooper, brass Threepence, ep, 25mm, 4.10g/12h (W 2380), A[braham] Whatmore, brass Threepence, ep, 31mm, 6.95g/6h (W 2390); Eagle Music Hall, anonymous, brass Threepence by Dipple, ep, 31mm, 8.83g/12h (W 2430, and pl. 7, this piece; Withers 714); Fox Inn, George Haigh, brass Threepence by Smith, eg, 27mm, 6.41g/12h (W 2440, this piece illustrated), Tho[ma]s Dennett, brass Threepence by Sale, eg, 26mm, 5.82g/12h (W 2450, and pl. 7, this piece), E. Allen, uniface brass Sixpence, ep, 25mm, 4.65g (W 2464, and pl. 7, this piece); Golden Lion, E[lizabeth] Bulluss (sic), brass Twopence-Halfpenny, eg, 26mm, 4.60g/12h (W 2485, and pl. 8, this piece); Grand Turk, C[harles] Johnson, brass, eg, 23mm, 3.46g (W 2490, this piece illustrated); Queen’s Head, W[illia]m Phipps, brass Threepence, eg, 24mm, 4.40g/6h (W 2565); Railway Bell Hotel, John Rea, brass Threepence, eg, 27mm, 3.07g/12h (W 2570); Roebuck Inn, G[eorge] Rollings, brass Twopence-Halfpenny, eg, 24mm, 4.34g/12h (W 2590); Sportsman Inn, John R. Taylor, brass Twopence-Halfpenny (2), both eg, 26mm, 4.81g/12h, 4.74g/12h, latter countermarked gb on obv. (W 2700, latter this piece; Courtney p.190); Theatre Royal Concert Hall, brass Threepence, eg, 27mm, 5.68g/12h (W 2805; Withers 715); Worcester Cross Inn, T. Ward, brass Twopence-Halfpenny by Pope, eg, 24mm, 3.99g/12h (W 2830, and pl. 8, this piece) [17]. W 2320 extremely fine, W 2390 excavated, others about very fine and better; an excellent town group, the majority very rare £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore.

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