British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward

Private tokens: YORKSHIRE, Halifax, Samuel Hamer, Lathe Chuck Works, 1899, in white metal by J.A. Restall, edge i promise you best value for your money, 6.92g/12h (Bell A3); 1901, a mule in copper by J.A. Restall, edge time adds a value to this token rare, 23.19g/12h (Bell A6 rev./A7 rev.); Success to the Allied Armies, 1915, in copper by J.A. Restall, edge plain, 9.58g/12h (Bell A9); together with an Edward VII Penny, 1906, obv. countermarked bradford workhouse and s.h. hamer halifax, 9.56g [4]. First virtually as struck, others extremely fine and better, last rare and in exceptional condition for this oddity £150-200

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

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Provenance: First SCMB October 1970 (PT 6), bt Seaby 1974; second with Seaby 1971, bt Seaby 1974; *last SCMB January 1971 (TP 490), bt Seaby 1974.

Hamer exhibited the two steel punches that had been used to countermark the 19th century Bradford Workhouse issues to the British Numismatic Society on 30 November 1906. He used these, and other punches, on subsequent occasions to make deliberate concoctions, both for vanity and personal gain