World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector

Nigeria, Alexander Miller, Brother and Co, silver token, lion rampant left holding cross, rev. ALEX MILLER BROTHERS & Co. around glasgow / liverpool / london, 24mm. Good very fine, extremely rare, perhaps only one other specimen recorded (in the Liverpool Museum) £300-£400

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, World Tokens, the Property of a North Country Collector.

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Provenance: bt. Gavin Scott, 2001

Alexander Miller, Brother & Co was founded in 1907 to trade with Nigeria and registered in Liverpool. In 1919 it merged with the African Association and F. & A. Swanzy to form the African and Eastern Trade Corporation Ltd