Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, LONDON, Holborn, William Taylor, 1851, copper (2), medallist by appointment to the great exhibition, etc, revs. coining press, medals coins & tradesmen’s tokens struck, both 30mm, 10.33g/12h, 10.20g/12h (W 3072; D & W –); together with a brass Fourpence, 28mm, 7.87g/6h [3]. Last good fine, others extremely fine and scarce £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: First bt S.E. Schwer October 1980; last bt J. Whitmore May 1982.

William Joseph Taylor (1802-85), medallist, die-sinker, engraver and dealer, apprenticed to Thomas Halliday in 1818, moved to London in 1829. His business addresses were 49 Queen Victoria street (1830-1), 4 Charles street, Covent Garden (1831), 5 Porter street, Soho (1832-6), 13 Conduit street (1837), 3 Litchfield street, Soho (1837-44), 33 Little Queen street, Holborn (1845-67) and 70 Red Lion street, Holborn (1868-85)