English, Scottish and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. World Banknotes

Books, Shiells, R., The Story of the Token, 1st edn, New York, nd [1891], 170pp, engraved illustrations in text. Original blue cloth, a trifle scuffed at extremities, t.e.g.; inscribed by the author to Rev. Robert Logan, 27.ii.1893, on second free endpaper (£30-40)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Scottish Communion Tokens formed by Norman Brodie.

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Robert Shiells, a Scotsman who emigrated to Neenah, Wisconsin, in the mid-19th century, was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church of Neenah. He bequeathed his collection of communion tokens to the Presbyterian Historical Society