Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection

Numismatists Tokens and Ephemera, WARWICKSHIRE, Birmingham, William Davis and John Macmillan, New Centenary token, 1894, on a bronzed flan, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. Grammar School, edge plain, 29mm, 12.38g/12h (Davis 866). Pronounced die cud on reverse, otherwise practically as struck, extremely rare £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Tokens from the Late David Griffiths Collection.

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Provenance: S.H. Hamer Collection, Glendining Auction, 26-8 November 1930, lot 702 (part); W. Waite-Sanderson Collection, Glendining Auction, 16-17 November 1944, lot 403 (part); G.W. Spencer Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 153 (part); W.J. Noble Collection, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 393; D.E. Litrenta Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 66, 6 July 2005, lot 933.

Only 4 struck on bronzed flans