British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward

Merchant checks: LONDON, Aldgate, Charles Titford, octagonal brass, 24mm; Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Trust, 1900, uniface brass Penny, 25mm, Halfpenny, 23mm; Barnes, Harrison Auto Telescope, uniface brass (2), both 30mm, one stamped 318; Battersea, Ruffler & Walker, brass machine check, 18mm; Bermondsey, Peek Frean’s, aluminium, 29mm; Bishopsgate, Palmerston Hairdressing Salon, cupro-nickel, 21mm; Blackwall, R. & H. Green, brass Threepence, stamped c106, 29mm, Trinity Arms, brass Penny, 26mm; Bloomsbury, Turks Head, J. Addenbrook, brass Threepence, 22mm (Hayes –), Peter Whelan, 1848 (2), brass and white metal, both 26mm; Bond Street, Piesse & Lubin, brass, 30mm; Borough, W.H. Dorsett & Co, zinc 4 Shillings, 26mm, Freeman’s Pudding Powder, brass, 22mm, Hildyard’s Dog Biscuits, brass, 37mm; Brixton, Berkshire, tin bracteate 2 Shillings and Penny, both 24mm; Chelsea, Phoenix, copper Threepence by W.J. Taylor, 28mm (Hayes 91c); Clerkenwell, Daily Chronicle and Clerkenwell News, brass (3), both 23mm; Cornhill, W. Griffin, 1843, brass (3, different), 26 and 24mm; Crouch End, Clifton Rubber Co, white metal, 22mm; Dalston, Yelland Bros, bracteate iron Twopence, 25mm; Euston, George Carter, brass, 25mm; Farringdon, Bovril, copper (2), both 21mm (W 2372 and one other with French legends); Fleet Street, Daily Chronicle, tin bracteate, 31mm, Daily Express, copper 10, 23mm, Illustrated News of the World, 1858, white metal, 16mm (W & E 770A.1); Fulham, St Clement’s Church, zinc bracteate Pennies (2), both 30mm; Gracechurch Street, Remington Typewriter, 1896, copper by H. Grueber, 32mm; Hammersmith, Taplin’s Slide Rule, brass, 31mm, The ‘Vic’ Kitchenette, white metal, 39mm; Harringay, Ainsworth Consolidated Industries (Great Britain Ltd), octagonal brass, 32mm; Hatton Garden, Johnson Matthey & Co, aluminium, 20mm; Hendon, Hendon Corporation, uniface steel Penny, 1943, 25mm; Holborn, G.T. Dutton, copper ‘Halfpenny’, 1857, 28mm, Hamley’s Magical Saloons, cupro-nickel, 31mm, George Mew, white metal, 34mm, L. & A. Pyke, plated brass, 24mm, Slingsby Sliding Stairway, copper, 33mm, Stone, copper by W.J. Taylor, 29mm; Islington, Dickerson & North, white metal (2), both 18mm; Lambeth, Curran’s Stores, brass Half-Pound, 23mm; Leadenhall Street, Ardath Tobacco Co, uniface brass, stamped 15d, 36mm, F. Toole & Co, brass, 25mm, Webster’s, nickel by W.J. Taylor (2, different, one st mary axe), both 30mm; Leather Lane, Brett’s Ltd, bracteate Halfcrown, Shilling, Sixpence and Threepence, 25, 32, 26 and 21mm; Leicester Square, Eljay Ltd, brass, 21mm; Lime Street, Henry J.O. Gudgeon, brass, 28mm; Lombard Street, W. Griffin, copper, 1842, 22mm; London Bridge, M. Samuel, octagonal brass, 23mm; Long Acre, McDonald, Caledonian Club, copper (2), both 24mm (W 2690); Lower Thames Street, George J. Mills, brass Sixpence, 28mm [65]. Generally about very fine and better, some scarce; in envelopes identified, with provenances £300-400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward.

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