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Market Tokens & Checks


All are manufactured by Ralph Neal unless otherwise stated.



For flan shapes see Neil B. Todd "A Catalogue of Covent Garden Market Tallies", 1987


No.
Metal Condition Price £
MT.6 Billingsgate Market, Gower & Shephard, 5s/- by R. Neal Brass VF 3
MT.12 Joseph Lee, London, 1s/6d, by R. Neal Octagonal AE VF 3
MT.13 Another, 5s/-, by R. Neal (not octagonal) AE VF 5
MT.17 London, Covent Garden, Dennis & Cooper Ltd., 2s/-, by R. Neal




(Dennis & Cooper Ltd., Fruit and Potato salesmen, 26 St. James St.,




1914-24) cross shaped cut-out in centre AE VF 4
MT.20 Covent Garden, Geo. Gunary 2 s/- by R. Neal (issuer not traced) Brass GVF 5
MT.22 P.C.Hegerty & Co, 2s/ 6d by R. Neal (issuer not traced) Zinc EF 3
MT.38 Kent, Sidcup, John Sutton, 6d by R. Neal Holed in centre Brass GVF 17

MT.51 to MT.102 are all London, Covent Garden checks.



MT.51 W. Beeson, 2s., Uniface, no maker's name (29mm)




(Wm. Beeson, potato salesman, 1895-1915) Brass VF 5
MT.52 Bradley & Son, 1s. (flan 32) 6-pointed star cut-out




(issuers were fruit salesman, 1911-19) Brass EF 9
MT.62 Geo. Coleman, 1s (flan 7) centre cross piercing (issuer sold potato, 1914-24) Brass VF 6
MT.72 W. Grove, 23 James St., Six Pence, oval,




(Wm. Grove, fruit & potato salesmen, 1889 - 1924) Brass GF+ 6
MT.78 Geo. Gunary, 1s. (23 mm.) AE EF 6
MT.79 - another, 2s/- (24mm.) Brass GF 4
MT.80 - another, 3s. (flan 22) Saltire cross AE plug Brass EF 8
MT.82 W.T. Jay Ltd., 2s. (flan 28) Jay Bird depicted (issuers were fruit salesmen) Brass GF 7
MT.83 - another, 1s., Oval, Jay bird reverse Brass GVF 10
MT.97 Spear & Vellacott, Jubilee Mkt., Covt. Gdn. 2s. (flan 37) - diamond




cut-out centre AE VF 6
MT.98 - another, 1s., (28mm.) Heart-shaped centre piercing Brass EF 8
MT.99 - another, 2s., as above AE EF 8
MT.100 - another, 5s., as above Cu. Ni. VF 6
MT.101 - another, 10s. AE S-shaped plug Cu. Ni. VF 7
MT.102 Stones & Jackson, 1s. (26mm.) (issuers were potato salesmen, 1909-24) Brass GVF 6
MT.117 London, Spitalfields, Sutton & Kirkman, 5s/- (issuers were fruit, pea and




potato salesmen, 1937-1975) Hexagonal. Alu. Unc £3
MT.118 - - another, as above, but 2s/- AE VF £3
MT.119 - - another, as above, but 1s/- Brass VF £3
MT.127 Spitalfields, W. Dorsett & Son - Set of six : £1 (rectangular with rounded




edges); 1s/-, 2s/-, 5s/- and 1-s/- all oval; 6d oval - 2 x 'D's punched out Various EF £12
Recent new-in Market Tokens.

London, Borough Market.



MT.149 E. Acloque, 19, Percival St. EC 5 s/- by Neal. (Denomination not in Todd). Cu. Ni. VF £10
MT.150 Alfred Shread, by Neal. 1s/- (Square, rounded corners). AE VF £6
MT.151 P.G. Hegerty & CO., 5s/- by R.Neal (flan 26) two holes cut-out. Brass Unc £6
MT.152 - - another, 10s/- by R.Neal (flan 26) Cu. Ni. Unc £6
MT.153 J.A.R. Saner, 1s/- by R.Neal (flan 30) Brass EF £6
MT.154 - - another, as above, but 2s/- (flan 30) AE Unc £8

London, Covent Garden Market.



MT.155 Bradley & Son Ltd., 160 in oval, 2s/- by R.Neal (flan 32) Value not in Todd AE VF £8
MT.156 E.J. Coleman & Sons, Covent Garden (&) Kings Cross, 1s/- by R.Neal




oval (31 x 23 mm) Brass VF £5
MT.158 W.Wadley & Son, 1s/- by R.Neal (flan 32a) Brass VF £7
MT.159 - - another, as above, but 2s/- (flan 32a) AE VF £7

Others.



MT.160 King's Cross Market (& Covent Gdn) - EJ Coleman & Sons 1s/- Oval Brass VF+ £8
MT.161 Sussex - Hastings Market, Paine & Collard, One Shilling by R.Neal




(round, 31mm) Brass GVF £8
MT.162 London, Spitalfields, C & A Ivory, 6d by R.Neal (flan 40) Keyhole cut-out




(Chas. & Alexander Ivory, fruit salemen, 1914-1924) AE Unc £7
MT.163 Spitalfields, J. Stratton Ltd., 20s/- by R.Neal JS cut-out (round, 31mm) Zinc VF £6
MT.164 Spitalfields, T. Hollington, by R.Neal. 1s/- / rev. Large H Brass GVF £8
MT.165 Birmingham - Bousfield Bros Ltd. 10s/- Uniface Oval Brass GVF £5

Billingsgate Market -



MT.166 W. Cushway, by Johnson. 6d. Scalloped edge. Uniface Brass VF £8
MT.167 Joe Banks & Sons, by R.Neal 2s/- Brass GVF £12
MT.168 Harry Leleu & James Morris 2s/-. (Not in Todd). Oval Brass VF £10
MT.169 G.W. Pavitt 1s/- Uniface. AE AVF £7
MT.170 Unknown - Edwards One Shilling by Morrell, 36, Seething Lane EC, uniface




over-stamped " & Clark". Square, corner cut. Brass VF £12
MT.171 Another, similar, but this over-stamped with large 3 and "E C" Brass VF+ £12












WALES - Ynysybwl Co-op Society checks.
Wales Set of 10 checks, all different, as: 'Large Loaf' (Red plastic),




.'Small loaf' (Blue plastic), 2/- (AE, oval), 1/- (AE, octagonal),




6d (AE, square), 3d (AE, oval), 1d (Brass, round),




1d (AE, hexagonal), 1/2d (brass, round), 1/2d (AE, square). Various AVF £15






THAMES - River Bus Tokens.
Thames Issued by the River Bus Partnership for the journey from Greenwich




to the Tower Pier, and struck by the King's Norton Mint, Birmingham.




Two denominations : 1 Token (CuNi) and 2 Tokens (Brass).
BU £5