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№ 1144

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7 July 2021

Hammer Price:
£200

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Bonus and Shop Checks: Atkinson’s, green fibre Penny and Halfpenny (cf. DNW 127, 2991); John Atkinson (Service Store) Ltd (The Moor), yellow celluloid 50 Pence, white celluloid 10 Pence, orange celluloid 5 Pence; John Banner Ltd (Attercliffe), aluminium Halfcrown, zinc 2 Shillings, aluminium Shilling and Sixpences (2), brass Threepence, Pennies (6, 32mm and 29mm [5]), Halfpence (3, varieties), aluminium Halfpenny, celluloid 10 Pence and 5 Pence (cf. DNW 127, 2991); ‘King Cole & Co’ (Main Road), Halfcrown for 50 Cwt, 1 Cwt by Gill (2), uniface brass, iron bracteates (4, two varieties), celluloid 1, 2, 3, 4 (2) and 5 (2) Cwts (cf. DNW 127, 2990); S.H. Pilley, Halfcrown for 50 1 Cwt, oval iron bracteates (3); Roberts Bros (Sheffield) Ltd, copper Halfpenny; Albert Smith (Attercliffe), Halfcrown for 50 Cwt, iron bracteate 2 Cwt and 1 Cwt [41]. Generally very fine £80-£100

John Atkinson (Service Store) Ltd, 78 The Moor, a department store founded in 1941. John Banner Ltd, a department store founded in 1873, moved to Attercliffe road in 1894 and rebuilt in 1934, remembered as the first building in Sheffield to install wooden escalators; the business closed in 1980. ‘King Cole & Co’, the business formerly trading at 336 Main road under the proprietorship of Charles Francis Stamp of Totley, declared bankrupt October 1986. Roberts Bros (Sheffield) Ltd, drapers, house furnishers and furniture removers, 28 The Moor, established 1896