British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Exeter, Black Horse, P[aul] C[ollings], brass Twopence by E. Seage, rev. value in wreath, ep, 18mm, 2.89g/12h (DTT 7, i; WC p.304 [recté Longbrook Street]); Bristol Inn, Brand’s, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. value, eg, 3.85g/12h (DTT 11 and DTT Suppl. 5; WC p.306); Coach & Horses, J[ohn] Lamacraft, brass Three-Halfpence, rev. building, eg, 20mm, 3.64g/12h (DTT 13, ii); Crown & Sceptre, Tucker’s, brass Threepence by M. Helmore, rev. value, ep, 18mm, 2.25g/12h (DTT Suppl. 11, i; WC p.312); Duke of York, Baker’s, brass Threepence by E. Seage, rev. value, ep, 18mm, 3.30g/9h (DTT 18; WC p.313) [5]. Last very fine, others nearly so (£100-150)

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:
Second bt Goodsir December 1990
*Third bt J.D. Hooper

Black Horse, Longbrook street, ran by the Collings family from 1835 to 1900, proprietors including Paul Collings senior 1835-51, Paul Collings junior 1852-92 and Mrs S. Collings 1892-1900, the issuer almost certainly being the second named; Bristol Inn, 3 Sidwell street, proprietor Frederick George Brand 1899-1918; Coach & Horses, 146 Sidwell street, proprietor John Charles Lamacraft 1887-1916; Crown & Sceptre, 1-2 Ironbridge, proprietor Frederick Hodge Tucker 1888-97; Duke of York, 58 Sidwell street, proprietor Robert Baker 1884-9