The Neil Beaton Collection of Scottish Co-Operative Society Tokens

ABERDEENSHIRE, Aberdeen, The Aberdeen CCL, Monthly Dividends, Halfpenny, Twopence and Sixpence (Rains 1, 3, [5]); Aberdeen Northern CCL, Halfpence (2, one off-centre), Penny, Twopence, Threepence, Fourpence, Fivepence, Sixpence, Sevenpence, Eightpence, Ninepence, Tenpence, Shilling, 2 Shillings, 3 Shillings, 4 Shillings, 5 Shillings, 6 Shillings, 7 Shillings, 8 Shillings and Pound (R 18 [2], 19-28, 30-7, 40); Port Elphinstone [Inverurie], The Don CSL, Shilling (R 6) [25]. R 26 lacquered, others very fine and better, some rare, especially the last; an excellent county group, only lacking three variants £80-£100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Neil Beaton Collection of Scottish Co-Operative Society Tokens.

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Aberdeen 4, 21, 25, 28, 33, 34, 36 and 37 A.T. Macmillan Collection, bt April 2015 [37 ex Brodie]; one Aberdeen 18, 19, 20, 24, 27, 30, 31 and 32 D.R. Rains Collection, bt October 2008

All lots in this section are sold with the owner’s original envelopes and tickets, some of which give further provenance detail. The Rains reference numbers in square brackets represent tokens published in the various supplements in TCSB subsequent to the 3rd edition of the standard reference, dated 2014; many are only recorded from these specimens.