British Tokens

Bell, R.C., Commercial Coins 1787-1804, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1963, 319pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1098); Harris, J.R., The Copper King, Liverpool, 1964, xviii + 194pp, dj (Manville 1112); Bell, R.C., Tradesmen’s Tickets and Private Tokens, 1785-1819, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1966, xii + 315pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1131), a number of photos of the John Bell lead tokens, 1815, and a relating letter from Tim Millett, 24 October 1984, tipped-in; Gallop, G.I., Pigs’ Meat, Nottingham, 1982, 192pp; Ashraf, P.M., The Life and Times of Thomas Spence, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1983, 212pp, 20 plates, dj; Schwer, S.E., Price Guide to 18th Century Tokens, Felixstowe, 1983, v + 182pp, illustrations in text (Manville 1507), 2 copies, one no.2 of 30 interleaved, both signed by the author; Bell, R.C., Political and Commemorative Pieces Simulating Tradesmen’s Tokens, 1770-1802, 2nd edn, np, nd [Felixstowe, 1987], vii + 286pp, illustrations in text, copy no. 69, dj (Manville 1596); Keane, J., Tom Paine, A Political Life, London, 1995, xxii + 644pp, plates, dj; together with other references on 18th century tokens, etc (12), by Nelson, Hamer, Parsons, Cockshutt, Lane, Tyson, etc [21]. Publishers’ bindings £100-150

Provenance: Ex libris David Griffiths.

The 15 different lead tokens of John Bell were acquired by Francis Cokayne from a gentleman named Bowman on 25 January 1926 for a total of £45, and were still in the possession of Messrs Baldwin in 1984. They have more recently (2013) changed hands