Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Kidderminster, Brooks Bro[ther]s, brass 3 Shillings and 2 Shillings, eg, both 24mm, 4.36g/12h, 4.40g/12h; A.J. Guest, brass 2 Shillings and Shilling, nickel 2 Shillings, ep, all 24mm, 4.72g/12h, 4.33g/12h, 4.10g/12h; James Humphries & Sons, uniface brass, stamped 334, eg, 31mm, 7.36g; Kidderminster CS, bracteate iron 2 Shillings, 29mm, 1.58g (Rains 9); Kidderminster Friendly Society, A.U. 1783, brass Threepence, eg, 23mm, 5.21g; Kidderminster ICSL, 1 Pint Sterilised Milk, brown plastic, 22mm, 0.68g (Rains 24); E. Mound, brass, stamped 14, ep, 29mm, 6.90g; W[illiam] Onslow, uniface brass, ep, 25mm, 5.22g; H[enry] Taylor, brass 5 Shillings, eg, 22mm, 3.61g/6h, 2 Shillings, eg, 19mm, 2.56g/12h [13]. Third and seventh excavated, others generally fine to very fine, tenth pierced as issued £60-£80

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

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Last bt J.G. Scott.

E. Mound, shoemaker; William Onslow, greengrocer, Park Butts (PO Directory 1860); Henry Taylor, grocer; James Humphries & Sons, carpet and rug manufacturers