Coins, Tokens, Historical Medals and Paper Money

Merchant checks: LONDON, Barratt & Co, 1902, brass, 22mm (W & E 4789C.1); Boyd’s Battery, 1879, a quack medical amulet in frame, 30mm; William Broadfoot, 1896, brass, 20mm; Desnos, brass machine check, 21mm; Electric Roll Down, brass, 30mm; David Greig Ltd, bracteate tin Threepence and Penny, both 26mm; The Historical Register Est. 1845, brass (2), both 23mm (Noble II, 1184); London & Newcastle Tea Co, brass 1 Pound, copper Half-Pound, brass Quarter-Pound, all uniface, 28, 25 and 22mm, brass Quarter-Pound by Ardill, rev. 26, 22mm; London & Provincial Coffee Palace Co Ltd, copper Penny, 29mm; London Exchange Tea Co, 1874, brass Quarter-Pound, 22mm; London Star Tea Co, bracteate brass Half-Pound, 28mm; J. Lyons & Co, Imperial Institute, uniface brass (2), 32 and 26mm; J. Lyons & Co Ltd, brass Penny, stamped h, 30mm; Our Boys Clothing Co Ltd, brass (4), including 1897, all 20mm (W 2732 [2], 2736, 2738); Eugen Sandow, aluminium One Shilling and Threepence, Sevenpence-Halfpenny and Threepence by Wright & Son, Edgware, all 29mm; Williams Bros Direct Supply Stores Ltd, brass 20 Shillings (2, different), 10 Shillings, 5 Shillings (2), 2 Shillings (4), Shillings (4), Sixpences (2), Threepences (2) and Twopences (2), various sizes; Uncertain localities, Abbey Bank, brass Penny and Halfpenny, 27 and 23mm; The Clock Sick & Dividend Society, T. Upton, brass Threepence, 25mm; Crowe’s Xmas Club, brass Threepence, 28mm; Grocery & Spirit Trade, 1 Fredrick Street, copper, 21mm; The Glow-Worm, copper Pennies (2), both 30mm; Kumbak Golf Putting, brass, 23mm; Paper Mill Dining Rooms, brass Halfpenny, 25mm; Rich Treble Gilt, brass button, 18mm; Thornton’s Restaurant, brass Shilling, 31mm; Weekly Telegraph, white metal (2), both 23mm [59]. Generally about very fine and better; in envelopes identified, with provenances £120-150

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

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