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

Imitation Spade Guineas, London, Drury Lane, J. Sainsbury (21), 8850, 8860, 8870 (2), 8880, 8890, 8900, 8910, 8920, 8930, 8950, 8960, 8970, 8980, 8990, 9000, 9010, 9020, 9040, 9050, 9060 [21]. Very fine and better, a good group, only lacking three significant variants £100-150

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

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Provenance: 8890 and 8920 bt J. Whitmore November 2001; 8950 bt D.G. Vorley October 1995; 8980 bt August 2008.

John James Sainsbury (†1928) and his wife, Mary Ann, founded the business at 173 Drury lane in 1869