British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward

Merchant checks: ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Half-Pound, 25mm; ANGUS, Dundee, Samuel Lees, brass Penny, 29mm, London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Half-Pounds (2), brass Quarter-Pounds (2, different), 25 and 21mm; DUNBARTONSHIRE, Renton, D. Henderson, green celluloid Penny, 22mm; LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, Clyde Navigation, brass Twopence, 32mm (Breingan 326; Smith 420FH), R.W. Forsyth, brass (2, different), 26 and 24mm, R. Jenkins & Co, pink plastic Threepence, 22mm, Kevan & Buttle, octagonal brass (2), both 25mm, London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Half-Pounds (3), Bridgeton (2, one countermarked with f) and Gallowgate, all 25mm, Trongate, Great Western Cooking Depot, oval brass Penny, No. 5, 43 x 32mm; MIDLOTHIAN, Edinburgh, Ambrose’s Tavern, copper, 28mm, John Anderson, brass, 25mm, London & Newcastle Tea Co, brass 1 Pound, countermarked b, copper Half-Pounds (2), 94 High St and Southbridge, 28 and 25mm, Wilkie & Paul Ltd, plastic Canteen Threehalfpence and Penny, both 25mm, Edinburgh and Leith, British Public House Co, copper Penny, 26mm, Leith, London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Half-Pound, 25mm; PERTHSHIRE, Perth, London & Newcastle Tea Co, brass Quarter-Pound, 22mm, R.F. Macaulay, copper, 21mm; RENFREWSHIRE, Paisley, London & Newcastle Tea Co, brass Quarter-Pound, 21mm; STIRLINGSHIRE, Falkirk, London & Newcastle Tea Co, copper Half-Pound, 24mm [30]. Generally about very fine and better, some scarce; in envelopes identified, with provenances £120-150

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

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