The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

19th Century, Staffordshire, County, Pennies (2), 1811, 1814 and Halfpenny, 1814, for general circulation; Bilston and Wolverhampton, H. Baylis, Penny, 1811; Bilston, J. Atherton, Penny, 1813, E. Beebee, Penny, 1812, S. Fereday, Pennies (3), 1811 (2), 1812, and Halfpenny, 1812, Rushbury & Woolley, Pennies, 1811 (3); Burslem, J. and R. Riley and Machin & Co, Penny, 1813; Burton-on-Trent, J. Pardoe, Penny, 1814; Cheadle, Copper & Brass Co, Penny, 1812; Darlaston, J. Wilkes, Pennies (2), 1812, 1813; Lichfield, J. Henrickson, Penny (pierced); Newcastle-under-Lyme, J.H. Thompson, Penny, 1813; Potteries [? Burslem], (?) Riley, Machin & Co, Penny, 1813 (D. 19, 23, 26, 27, 32, 35, 37, 39, 47, 53, 56, 71, 72, 74, 75, 82, 84, 86, 88, 89, 92). [21]. D.32 good very fine, D.86 very fine and overstruck on a Union Copper Co Penny, D.27 worn, others mostly fine, some scarce, D.74 with usual traces of overstriking on the Pottery issue (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens.

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D. 19 = Bell, CCC p.171; D. 23 and 27 = Bell, CCC p.172; D. 26 = Bell, CCC p.75; D. 32 and 35 = Bell, CCC p.51; D. 37 = Bell, CCC p.53; D. 39 = Bell, CCC p.54; D. 47 = Bell, CCC p.55; D. 53 = Bell, CCC p.57; D. 72 = Bell, CCC p.56; D. 74 = Bell, CCC p.58; D. 75 = Bell, CCC p.59; D. 82 = Bell, CCC p.60; D. 84 = Bell, CCC p.61; D. 89 = Bell, CCC p.63; D. 92 = Bell, CCC p.66.

The specimens of D. 74 and 92 in this lot are the same ones described and illustrated by Bell in his article ‘A Burslem Token?’, BNJ 1967, pp.198-9