Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway

Bridgwater, Bristol Arms Hotel, E[lizabeth] Wippell, copper Twopence, rev. bowling room, man playing skittles, ep, 24mm, 4.87g/6h (SPHT 137); Cross Rifles Hotel, G[eorge] Courtney, brass Three-Halfpence by Vaughton, rev. value in wreath, countermarked lg [L. Goodland] on obv., eg, 26mm, 4.60g/12h (TCPS 139b, this piece); Devonshire Arms, J[ohn] Gardner, brass Threepence, rev. value in wreath, eg, 26mm, 4.74g/12h (SPHT 141a; Courtney p.191); Queen’s Head Inn, brass Sixpence, rev. value in wreath, ep, 26mm, 4.80g/12h (SPHT p.137, this piece); Three Crowns Inn, J[oseph] Pitman, copper Three-Halfpence, rev. three crowns, ep, 22mm, 3.72g/12h (SPHT 145) [5]. Last about extremely fine with original colour, others about very fine and better (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Collection formed by the late Barry Greenaway.

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Provenance:
*First bt J.D. Hooper
Second bt at Winchester Coin Fair May 1985
Third bt March 1992.

Bristol Arms Hotel, High street, proprietor Mrs Elizabeth Wippell 1848-66; Crossed Rifles Hotel, proprietors George Courtney 1906-10, L. Goodland after that; Devonshire Arms, proprietor John Gardner 1902-14; Queen’s Head Inn, Eastover; Three Crowns Inn, 15 St Mary’s street, proprietor Joseph Pitman 1859