Irish, British, South African and World Coins

United States of America, Hard Times tokens (8): Andrew Jackson/My Victory, 1834 (HT 9; Low 8); Executive Experiment/Illustrious Predecessor, 1837 (HT 33; Low 19); Substitute for Shin Plasters, 1837 (HT 67; Low 48); I Take the Responsibility/The Constitution as I Understand It (HT 70; Low 51); Connecticut, Waterbury, J.M.L. & W.H. Scovill, 1837 (HT 105; Low 130); Massachusetts, Taunton, John Adams (HT 181; Low 300); New York, Buffalo, W.A. Thomson (HT 213; Low –); Lansingburgh, Walsh’s General Store, 1835 (HT 216; Low –) [8]. Buffalo very fine, others generally about very fine (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Tokens formed by the Late David Pottinger.

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Provenance:
First bt J. Whitmore April 1980
Second bt J. Whitmore May 1981
Third bt J. Whitmore May 1996
Fourth bt G. Johns February 2001
Fifth bt Format September 1993
Sixth bt Manchester November 1985
*Seventh bt J. Whitmore May 1999
Last bt B. Dewhirst September 1997.

James Mitchell Lamson Scovill and William Henry Scovill established their brass works in 1802. William A. Thompson, hardware merchant, Webster Block and Main street. Alexander Walsh (†August 1849), a prominent trader in Lansingburgh for over 30 years