British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward

Merchant checks: LONDON, Old Kent Road, George Carter, copper, 24mm; Oxford Street, J. Cox, brass, 25mm, Sir Samuel Hannay, copper (2), both 27mm, Parkins & Gotto, brass (2), both 26mm, Peter Robinson, brass, 20mm, W. Salt, brass, 26mm; Peckham Rye, Holdron’s One Shilling Dividend, Threepence Dividend, both brass, 35 and 32mm, Mellin’s Food, 1897, card, 32mm (Rogers 861); Piccadilly, Smart, white metal, 24mm; Plumstead, G. Cavey & Sons, bracteate plated zinc Sixpence and Twopence, both 27mm; Poplar, Thompson, brass, 30mm; Rathbone Place, J. Smith, copper, 29mm; Regent Street, Grover & Baker [1863], white metal, 30mm (W & E 945B.1); St Mary Axe, D. Wilkin & Co, brass Twopences (2), both 27mm; St Paul’s, Allan, Son & Co, brass (2), both 25mm, Allan Son & Ritchie, brass, 25mm, Bailey & Ritchie, brass, 25mm, Hall & Allan, octagonal brass, 24mm; Shoreditch, W. Thompson, brass, 26mm; Soho, Bernardo Baglioni’s Restaurant, aluminium, 38mm, G. Castiglioni & T. Dati, aluminium, 38mm, Gambrinus Lager Beer Hall, copper, 30mm, Molinari & Baglioni’s Restaurant, aluminium, 38mm; Silvertown, Royal Albert Docks, C.W. Cadman, uniface white metal, 27mm; Strand, John Clark & Co, copper Penny, 1854, 35mm, Cording’s Waterproofs, brass by Hiron, 31mm, Court Gazette, copper by Taylor, 29mm, Ford’s Warehouse, brass, 24mm, Regiment Weekly, silver Penny, 11mm (Yarwood MMT 1); Trafalgar Square, Gibus Hats, brass, 24mm; Wandsworth and Wimbledon, Burleigh, brass Shillings (2, different), both 27mm; Westbourne Grove, William Owen, brass, 20mm; Westminster, H.O., Hamborg, copper, 22mm, Lockhart’s Cocoa Rooms, brass Penny, 28mm; Whitechapel, Henry Westron, octagonal brass, 24mm [42]. Generally about very fine and better, some scarce; in envelopes identified, with provenances £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, British Tokens from the Collection of Dr Ronald Ward.

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