Merchant checks: DERBYSHIRE, Derby, The Anchor, T[homas] Hardy, brass Threepence, 24mm; LEICESTERSHIRE, Leicester, Leicester Chronicle, brass, 27mm; LINCOLNSHIRE, Grimsby, Langridge, cupro-nickel, 20mm; NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, Kettering, William Carey, 1892, aluminium, 28mm, Northampton, Monarch Auto Co, brass Twopence, 18mm, Northampton People’s Cafe Co Ltd, copper Penny, 25mm; Waukerz [G.T. Hawkins], copper, 26mm; NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, Nottingham, Dixon & Parker, brass (2), both 20mm (Chamberlain 21), Smith Fowler, copper, 27mm (C 26), Holroyd, brass, by Hiron 27mm (C 32), John Player & Sons, uniface copper Halfpenny, 27mm (C –); SHROPSHIRE, Coalbrookdale, Coalbrookdale, uniface brass, stamped 151, 26mm, Ludlow, London Tea Co, uniface brass, 27mm; STAFFORDSHIRE, Brockmoor, Brockmoor Unionist Association, brass Threepence, 24mm, Smethwick, A. Hambridge, bracteate brass Threepence, 25mm, Wolverhampton, Heathtown Working Man’s Club, brass Twopence, 26mm, I. Fellows, brass Threepence, 1826, 13mm, Molineux Grounds, O.E. McGregor, brass Twopence, 27mm (Whitmore –); WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, Baker’s Celebrated Mart, 1851, copper, 30mm (Allen C190), W. Campbell & Co, brass, 29mm, Dakin & Co, copper, 28mm, Equitable Labour Exchange, 1/6 Hour, card, inked No. 350, 41mm, J.R. Gaunt & Son Ltd, aluminium, 26mm, E.F. Griffin & Co, copper, 25mm, Ralph Heaton & Sons, copper (2), 31 and 25mm (Sweeny 18, 19), Hepworth, Midland Woollen Emporium, brass, 27mm, S. Hiron, brass (2, different), both 24mm, McKenna & Morris, brass, 27mm, The Mint Birmingham Ltd, cupro-nickel (2), both 25mm (Sweeny 24), W.H.R. Fortified Swedish Copper, uniface copper, 22mm, Taylor & Challen (3), copper and brass (2, one 1964), 24 and 20mm, Webster & Co, brass, 22mm (W 1040), J. Weldon, brass, 27mm, J.V. White & Co Ltd, uniface brass 10 Shillings, 33mm, Coventry, Thistle Inn, David Dalgleish, copper by Mappin (W 1480), Erdington, Fisher & Sons, brass 1 Pound, 26mm, Leamington Spa, Leamington Coffee Tavern Ltd, brass Penny, 27mm [43]. Generally about very fine and better, some scarce; in envelopes identified, with provenances £200-300

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

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Provenance: Leicester bt Stanley Gibbons 1978; Birmingham Webster bt N.B. Todd 2001; Coventry bt S.E. Schwer 1988