Auction Catalogue

1 October 1996

Starting at 1:00 PM

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The R C Bell Collection of British Trade Tokens

The Westbury Hotel  37 Conduit Street  London  W1S 2YF

Lot

№ 207

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1 October 1996

Hammer Price:
£85

19th Century, Staffordshire, Bilston, Rushbury & Woolley, Twopence, 1811, bust of George III right, reverse view of the Royal Exchange (D. 31; Watkin 19). Full flan, very fine and well struck with minor obverse surface marks, an excellent specimen with light patina, rare (£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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Collection

Bell, CCC p.56.

George Rushbury and Edward Woolley issued banknotes, silver and copper tokens; the partnership was dissolved in bankruptcy in November 1815