Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Evesham, William Barnett, brass, eg, 27mm, 5.33g; W.A. Fisher, brass, eg, 26mm, 5.18g; W[illiam] H[enry] Knight [of Bengeworth and Evesham], brass Twopence, ep, 26mm, 5.67g/12h; Frederick Watkins, aluminium 3 Shillings, ep, 25mm, 1.58g/12h, brass Shillings (2, different obvs.), eg, both 28mm, 6.40g/12h, 7.27g/12h [6]. Fourth fine, others about very fine and better
£30-£40

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

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W.A. Fisher served multiple terms as mayor of Evesham. William Henry Knight (1850-1940) b Badsey, had established his business in Bengeworth by 1870, expanding into Evesham; by 1881 he had moved to Gloucester and in 1887 to London; he was appointed managing director of the British Empire Exhibition in March 1914 but the event, scheduled to be staged at Crystal Palace in 1915, was cancelled because of the War. Sold with much further background information