Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, G[reat] S[outhern] R[ailways], uniface pewter, stamped 201, 32mm; G[reat] S[outhern] R[ailways], B, uniface brass (5), stamped 1021, 1024, 1033, 1037, 1057, all 33mm [6]. Fine to very fine £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Irish Tokens from the Collection of the late Barry Woodside.

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Provenance: First bt B. Seawright 1990; others bt 2014-15.

The Great Southern Railways Company (usually known as Great Southern Railways, or GSR), was headquartered at Kingsbridge (now Dublin Heuston station). It owned and operated all railways that lay wholly within the Free State from 1925 to 1945