Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 122

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£260

19th Century Tokens, Bath, Samuel Whitchurch and William Dore, Four Shillings, 1811, arms and supporters, rev. legend, 15.60g/12h (D 9; Young 1225). Dirty mark by four of value, otherwise good very fine and extremely rare £150-200

Samuel T. Whitchurch (b. Frome, †Christmas Day 1817, aged 62), ironmonger and brazier, 26 Market place, saw service in the Royal Navy during the War of American Independence and in the West Indies, where he was severely wounded. William Dore, hatter, 24 Market place