Worcestershire Tokens from the Collection of the late John Whitmore

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Worcester, Baker & Son, brass, ep, 26mm, 5.32g; Cousens Co-Operative Bakery, iron bracteate Penny, 27mm, 1.27g; Davies, copper election token, ep, 24mm, 4.93g/12h (Withers 1965); F. & A. Fownes, copper, ep, 16mm, 2.12g/8h; Frank Gardner, brass Sixpence, ep, 28mm, 7.55g/12h; H. Hoddinott, bracteate bronze Half-Sovereign, 25mm, 1.60g, copper Pound by Ardill, eg, 22mm, 3.48g/12h; S. James, brass (3), one with heart stamp, one with h and a heart, one with hw and heart, eg (2), ep, all 29mm, 6.88g/12h, 6.64g/12h, 4.74g/12h; [and Deritend, Warwickshire], Kendall & Son, copper, by T.W. Ingram, 28mm, ep, 8.61g/6h (Hawkins p.313 and pl.17, 9; MG 1287); James Myatt, uniface brass Shilling, ep, 24mm, 4.15g; W. Packman, brass (3, two different types), one with leaf countermark on rev., one countermarked sj on rev., eg, 31mm (2), 29mm, 9.19g, 8.76g, 6.03g; Tho[ma]s Peacock, brass One Pot by Daniell, eg, 23mm, 4.17g/12h; St John’s Working Mens Club, brass Penny, ep, 24mm, 4.09g/12h; Ward & Co (Worcester) Ltd, lozenge-shaped aluminium by Pitt, eg, 40 x 28mm, 2.58g/6h; Worcester City Rifles Club, 1 Game of Bagatelle, 1874, brass, eg, 26mm, 6.45g/6h (Withers 1515); Worcester Conservative Club, uniface brass Threepence, ep, 26mm, 4.08g; Worcester CCL, iron bracteate Threepence, 21mm, 1.06g, brass Half-Sovereign, eg, 20mm, 2.44g, One Pound (2), bronze, eg, 23mm, 3.18g, bracteate brass, 23mm, 1.13g (Rains 4, 9, 10, –); Worcester New C & ISL, iron bracteate Threepence and Shilling, both 23mm, 0.94g, 0.96g, brass 5 Shillings, eg, 21mm, 3.25g/12h, octagonal brass 10 Shillings, ep, 3.60g/12h (R 14, –, 28, 29); Worcester CSL, aluminium 1/2 Pint, Pint (2, different), ep, 22, 26 and 24mm, 1.22g/12h, 1.58g/12h, 1.75g/12h, Mutuality Sixpences (2) aluminium and iron, ep, 1.63g/12h, 4.78g/12h (R 31, 32, 33, 37, 38); Worcester Region CRS, aluminium 1 Pint (2, different), ep, both 25mm, 1.74g/12h, 1.59g/12h (R 39, 40); Worcester Daily Times, uniface copper Halfpenny, 1880, ep, 25mm, 4.71g [36]. Generally about very fine and better; a good city group, some rare £240-£300

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

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Baker & Son, fruit merchants; H.R. Cousens, St Swithins Street, 54 St John’s and 18 Sidbury; F. & A. Fownes, glove and button manufacturers, City Walls road; Frank Gardner, fruit merchant; H..C Hoddinott, grocer, 1 College street; S. James, fishmonger and wholesale fruiterer, 2 Newport street; Kendall & Son, perfumerers, Foregate street, and at 21 Lombard street, Deritend; James Myatt, fruit salesman, b Camberwell, moved to Worcestershire 1852; W. Packman, Cornmarket; St John’s Working Mens Club, 3 Church terrace, opened April 1880 and still functioning; Ward & Co, leather manufacturers, Barbourne; Worcester Daily Times, newspaper, founded 1880, closed in 1920