The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger

Miscellaneous Checks, London, Barnsbury, R[obert] Wiseman, copper Three-Halfpence, 1845, rev. barrel, 28mm (Courtney p.160; Hayes p.101; Hawkins p.724 and pl.26, 6); Chelsea, The Phoenix, copper Three-Halfpence by W.J. Taylor, obv. phoenix, 28mm (Hayes p.106; Hawkins p.737); Covent Garden, W.T. Jay, brass (2), both by R. Neal, quatrefoil Two Shillings, 29mm, oval Shilling, 36 x 25mm, both revs. jay-bird; Great Russell Street, William Till, 1834, copper, obv. arms, 36mm (D & W 345/54); Peter Whelan, 1848, brass, obv. wolf and twins, 26mm (Hawkins p.728 and pl.26, 2; Batty I, 1471); Holborn, George & Blue Boar, E[dwards] & J[ones], copper, obv. boar, 32mm (Hayes p.23; Courtney p.63 and pl.9, 9; Vorley/Noble 517); Oxford Street, John Cheek, brass, rev. perch, 26mm; Sir Samuel Hannay, copper, obv. rhinoceros, only infallible preventive of a certain disease, etc, 27mm (Batty I, 947; Hannah, SCMB 1965, pp.207-8; Noble II, 1178); Piccadilly, W. Ashdown, uniface copper, obv. fireplace, 23mm; Regent’s Park, Edinburgh Castle, T[homas] Middlebrook, 1879, copper, by T. Pinches, obv. castle, 28mm (TCC p.314; Hawkins p.693, 2 and pl.25, 4 rev; D & W 69/178; MG 875; Noble II, 748) [11]. Chelsea about very fine, Covent Gardens and Holborn fine, others good very fine and better
£100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger.

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Provenance: First bt S.E. Schwer July 1988; second bt B. Dennett November 1983; third bt Format March 1994; fourth bt S.E. Schwer June 1983; fifth bt J. Whitmore November 1997; sixth bt Reading Coin Club January 1973; *seventh bt S.H. Monks November 1993; eighth bt A. Byde February 1986; *ninth bt P. Hanson July 1974; tenth bt J. Whitmore November 1981; eleventh bt Token Congress, London, September 1986).

Robert Wiseman, proprietor, Watermans Arms, Southwark, 1844-5, then William IV, Barnsbury Park 1846-61, lived at 12 Minerva terrace, Thornhill road, Barnsbury; The Phoenix, 23 Smith street, proprietor in 1853 Charles William Burge; W.T. Jay, fruit and potato salesman, 1889-1909; William Till (†April 1844), coin dealer and author, 17 Great Russell street; Peter Whelan, coin dealer, 36 Great Russell street 1847-9; George & Blue Boar, 270 High Holborn, demolished 1862, proprietor Edwards & Jones 1836-8; John Cheek, fishing rod and tackle manufacturer, 132 Oxford street, formerly at 52 Strand and 47 High Holborn; Sir Samuel Hannay, Bt (†December 1790), pharmacist, 7 Winsley street, 2 Great Ryder street, St James’s and 2 Broadway, Ludgate hill, fl. 1762-90; W. Ashdown, 167 Piccadilly; Edinburgh Castle, 57 Mornington road (now terrace), proprietor Thomas George Middlebrook 1879-1906, owner of a military museum auctioned after his death in 1908