David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Perkins, M., Dudley Tradesmen’s Tokens of the Seventeenth, Eighteenth & Nineteenth Centuries; with Descriptive and Historical Notes of Issuers etc., the Origin and History of the Token Coinage of Great Britain. Being a full & concise account of the Token Coinage of Dudley Tradesmen from its inception in 1648 to its decline in 1818…..Part II. History of Dudley Banks, Bankers and Bank Notes from the Earliest to the Present Times. 1st edn, Dudley, printed by E. Blocksidge, 1905. 4to, original green cloth gilt, t.e.g. Title printed in red and black, 202pp, numerous plates and illustrations, some folding, paginated with the text. Copy no.114, scarce (Manville 641). £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Literature.

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Provenance: Ex libris St Mary’s College, Oscott, Birmingham; bt Seaby July 1980.

Edition of 120 copies