MAILBID 56  POSTAL AUCTION TOKENS & PASSES

Closed 13 September 2011 at 12 noon BST

SIMMONS GALLERY

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Introduction

Such a mixture!! Tokens from Medieval times, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century and later tokens, transport checks, military, mining, minting, telephone, clubs and pubs, farms and markets, communion and refreshment checks. Not forgetting imitation spade guineas, countermarked and engraved coins that have found another use, a few medals and some books on token coinage. Oh, and there's toy money, advertising pieces, tickets and passes for entertainment and workplaces. It's the other side of money - the non-official but necessary stuff that gains you admittance, discounts and ease, and teaches history in a way that dry dates cannot.

In terms of significance and rarity, there's a pass for Covent Garden Theatre (lot 204) for 83 years, an early American communion token (lot 568), a salt barrel token from St Barts in the Carribean (lot 683) and a group of 3 tokens from the Spanish Civil War (lot 704). We have a very good run of Irish tokens, tea checks, unofficial farthings, tickets and passes from several sources - ideal for beginners but also good for those of you who need to fill in the gaps in your collection.

As usual we don't confine ourselves to British tokens but include pieces from all over the world. Check through the catalogue online, use the index below and enjoy. Please be sure to send your bids in early - in the case of a tied bid, the first person whose bid we receive wins.

Consignments of collections, your duplicates, accumulations wanted for future sales. Please contact us (see homepage) for further details.

Howard and Frances Simmons

*** To navigate your way through the catalogue - click on the blue underlined text in the index box to get to the relevant page. This time we've used larger thumbnails for everything. If you need a larger image use the zoom facility on your computer or contact us for a larger image in high definition. Please let us know of any errors or missing links. Thank you!
A word about the layout please use the index below to get around the catalogue. If you're new to this type of sale, please read our terms and conditions. There is no buyer's commission. As to prices - the first price mentioned is the starting price or reserve below which we will not sell as it's conservative, the second is our estimate of what we think the token will sell for but you might have to bid more on some lots to get them. Remember we always reduce your bids to 10% above your nearest rival - and if two bids are identical the first one received wins the lot. So bid early and bid high to be sure of success!

Mail Bid 56- index by subject

GB Medieval and 17th century lots 1-39 GB 18th century tokens Lots 40-79	GB 19th century, BUFS including Irish tokens Lots 80-197	Tickets and passes, Industry Aviation, lots 198-250 Transport checks, lots 250-258 Sport British and Foreign 259-279	Military Mining,Lots 280-298 Minting, Telephone, Lots 299-306
Pub and club checks 307-321 Refreshments, tea tokens and adverts miscellany Lots 322-358	Farm and market checks Lot 359-455 Co-op tokens Lots 456-514	A good collection of Co-Op tokens for sovereign & half sovereign values School 515-522 Communion tokens, Lots 523-568 Toy money, countermarks, engraved coins lots 569-595	Non-British tokens World tokens A-M World tokens M-Z
Calendars and Medals Lots 722-729 Books & Token Catalogues Lots 730-746	Corrections and addenda to the printed catalogue.	Terms and conditions of sale Bidding form	click this link for text only catalogue in entirety (pdf file)