British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books including the David Griffiths Reference Library of Token Books

Imitation Spade Guineas, Derbyshire, Ashbourne, John Winterton 9370; Brimington, Sunday School Union 6800; Chesterfield, Woodhead’s 9410; Derby, Birch & Bartlett 6710; Eckington, Fenton & Sons 7310; Glossop, S. Robinson 8830 [6]. Fine to very fine, third and last better, all rare, 6800, 7310, 8830 and 9410 pierced £100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Advertising Checks from the David Magnay Collection.

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Provenance: 7310 and 9410 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995; 9370 bt H. Simmons May 2006.

John Winterton, toy dealer and warehouseman, Dig street, innholder, The Cock, 1874-98; Brimington Sunday School Union, founded 1872, ‘when the guineas were thought to have been issued’ (Magnay); Woodhead’s, tea and coffee merchants; Birch & Bartlett, clothiers, Irongate House; Fenton & Sons, tea dealers; S. Robinson, tea dealer