Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Reading, Adams & Co, oval brass bracteate, 38 x 25mm,...

Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Reading, Adams & Co, oval brass bracteate, 38 x 25mm, 1.32g; Berkshire Iron Works, uniface brass, stamped 47, 31mm, 8.20g; Caversham House Academy, brass (9, one plated), all 20mm, 2.66g/12h (W 4400), 3.19g/12h, 3.03g/12h (both W 4410), 2.71g (W 4415, uniface obv.), 3.31g/12h [plated], 3.26g/12h, 3.23g/12h, 2.65g/12h, 2.63g/12h (all W 4420); Chesterton & Son, brass (6, one plated), all 21mm, 1.72g/1h [plated], 1.69g/1h, 1.66g/1h, 1.64g/1h, 1.59g/1h, 1.58g/1h (all W 4423); Robert Cort & Son Ltd, uniface brass, stamped 63, 32mm, 8.13g; G[eneral] P[ost] O[ffice] Telephone Service, brass (2), both 30mm, 11.42g, 11.09g; Hemdean House School, brass, 20mm, 3.47g/12h (W 4426); Herbert Engineering Co Ltd, uniface brass [1914-31], 33mm, 10.31g; George III Pennies (2), both 1797, obvs. countermarked horniman reading, 28.15g, 25.73g (Scott, TCSB vol.4, no.5); Katesgrove Iron Works, uniface copper Breakfast (2), both 31mm, stamped 66, 11.09g, stamped 212, 10.90g; O’Brien & Walker, brass Shilling by Ardill, 25mm, 3.93g/12h; [Edward] Pole, copper Farthings (4), all 22mm, 3.45g/12h, 3.45g/12h, 3.43g/12h, 3.25g/12h (all W 4430); Reading CSL, hexagonal tin bracteate Halfpence (4), all 20mm, 0.78g, 0.78g, 0.73g, 0.71g (all Rains 27), Penny, 22mm, 0.85g (R 28), oval iron Twopence, 30 x 22mm, 1.28g (R 29), brass Threepences (2), both 25mm, 1.07g, 1.00g (both R 30), iron Sixpence, 32mm, 1.80g (R 31), Shilling, 25mm, 0.77g (R 32), 2 Shillings (2), both 28mm, 2.59g, 1.62g (both R 33); Reading [Council] Sport & Leisure, brass, 24mm, 5.19g/12h; Reading ICSL, type 1 with full title, iron bracteate Penny, 22mm, 0.86g (R 2), Threepences (2), both 22mm, 0.85g, 0.83g (both R 5), uniface brass Half-Sovereigns (4), all 20mm, 2.66g, 2.62g, 2.36g, 2.35g (all R 13, last a die variety), uniface brass One Pound (3), all 22mm, 4.00g, 3.93g, 3.91g (all R 14), type 2 with abbreviated title, hexagonal iron bracteate Halfpence (5), all 20mm, 0.84g, 0.81g, 0.75g, 0.73g, 0.72g (all R 15), Pennies (4), all 23mm, 0.98g, 0.96g, 0.92g, 0.84g (all R 16), oval Twopences (2), both 30 x 22mm, 1.30g, 1.04g (both R 17), brass Threepences (4), all 25mm, 1.21g, 1.19g, 1.07g, 0.96g (all R 18), iron Sixpences (4), all 31mm, 1.97g, 1.86g, 1.80g, 1.65g (all R 19), Shillings (3), all 25mm, 0.83g, 0.83g, 0.81g (all R 20), 2 Shillings, 29mm, 1.39g (R 21), brass 5 Shillings (2), both 22mm, 2.97g/12h (R 22), 2.71g/12h (R 22a), bronze 10 Shillings (4), all 19mm, 2.30g/12h, 2.26g/10h, 2.18g/12h, 2.04g/12h (all R 24), bronze One Pound by Ardill (3), all 22mm, 3.15g/12h, 3.13g/12h (both R 25), 2.87g/12h (R 26); Reading Iron Works Ltd [1864-1916], brass Breakfast (2), one stamped 65, other unissued, both 30mm, 8.92g, 9.29g; Reading Volunteer Fire Brigade, brass (2), both 33mm, 12.29g, 12.02g; Serpell & Co, uniface brass (2), both 28mm, stamped 22 and 23, 6.52g, 6.57g; Sutton & Sons [1858+], lead seals (2), both 22mm, 17.63g/9h, 16.84g/9h; Robert Tompkins, hexagonal brass, 27mm, 5.43g (Pottinger, TCSB 8, p.332, this piece) [94]. Generally very fine, some better, but W 4410 at 3.19g, 4415, 4420 at 3.23g and 4423 at 1.69g pierced; an interesting and comprehensive town group £400-£500 --- Provenance: Adams bt D. Hedges 1983; Berkshire Iron Works bt R. Hayes 1994; Cort bt J.G. Scott 1986; GPO and R 28 bt D. Hedges 1986; Herbert, R 2, R 21, R 30 at 1.07g and W 4423 at 1.66g bt F. Milward 1980; Horniman at 28.15g, Katesgrove at 11.09g, W 4400, 4420 at 2.65g, 4423 at 1.59g, 4426, 4430 at 3.25g and Tompkins D. Pottinger Collection, DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lots 239, 248 (parts); Horniman at 25.73g bt Seaby 1982; Katesgrove at 10.90g bt J. Whitmore 1995; O’Brien & Walker, R 13 var, R 16 at 0.98g, R 18 at 0.96g, R 19 at 1.80g, R 24 at 2.18g, one R 27 at 0.78g and W 4430 at 3.43g R. Gibbs Collection, Glendining Auction, 7 June 1988, lot 213 (part), bt S.E. Schwer 1988; Reading Council gift of V. Byde 2005; both R 5s bt P. Wainwright 1989; R 13 at 2.66g bt F. Milward 1983; R 13 at 2.62g bt J. Whitmore 1984; R 13 at 2.36g and R 14 at 3.91g bt in Wokingham 1987; R 14 at 4.00g bt J.G. Scott 1987; R 14 at 3.93g bt J. Whitmore 1984; R 15 at 0.84g and 0.75g and R 16 at 0.96g bt 1997; R 15 at 0.81 bt 1971; R 15 at 0.73g bt G. Smith 1972; R 15 at 0.72g, R 19 at 1.86g and R 27 at 0.71g bt J. Whitmore 1990; R 16 at 0.92g, one R 27 at 0.78g and 0.73g bt G. Smith 1973; R 16 at 0.84g, R 18 at 1.19g, R 19 at 1.65g, R 20 at 0.81g, R 29 and 32 bt F. Milward 1973; R 17 at 1.30g bt Reading Coin & Stamp Centre 1975; R 17 at 1.04g bt D. Hedges 1983; R 18 at 1.21g bt B. Dewhirst 1974; R 18 at 1.07g bt Reading Coin Club 1973; R 19 at 1.97g and R 33s bt J. Fletcher-Wells 1978; R 20s at 0.83g bt 1972; R 22 bt B.M. Greenaway 1979; R 22a bt P. Addison 1972; R 24 at 2.30g bt F. Milward 1972; R 24 at 2.26g bt in Maidenhead 1988; R 24 at 2.04g bt Seaby 1977; R 25 at 3.15g bt Seaby 1972; R 25 at 3.13g bt R. Sharman 2010; R 26 bt J. Whitmore 1988; R 30 bt Reading Coin Club 1988; R 31 bt P. Addison 1984; Reading Iron Works at 8.92g bt in Maidenhead 1982; Reading Iron Works at 9.29g bt R. Hayes 1994; *Reading VFB at 12.29g bt Reading Coin Club 1972; Reading VFB at 12.02g bt T. Millett 2002; Serpells bt J.G. Scott 1989; Sutton & Sons at 17.63g and W 4420 at 2.63g bt J.G. Scott 1992; Sutton & Sons at 16.84g found in Gloucestershire, gift of B.M. Greenaway 1981; W 4410 at 3.03g and 4420 at 3.26g bt R. Hayes 1996; W 4410 at 3.19g bt S.E. Schwer 1987; W 4415 bt D. Pennock 2009; W 4420 at 3.31g and 3.23g bt in Reading 1976; W 4423 at 1.72g bt Seaby 1971; W 4423 at 1.69g P.J. Seaby Collection, bt Reading Coin Club 1988; W 4423 at 1.64g bt D. Pottinger 1974; W 4423 at 1.58g bt B.M. Greenaway 1982; one W 4430 at 3.45g bt Seaby 1966; other W 4430 at 3.45g bt Baldwin 1973. Berkshire Iron Works, later Katesgrove Iron Works, originally established by Thomas and Joseph Perry, 1818, moved to Katesgrove 1836, renamed Barrett, Exall and Andrewes 1841, company closed in 1887; Caversham House Academy, Gun street, a boys school established in 1849 by Francis Frank Knighton (1803-83), survived until 1921; Joseph Chesterton (b. 1821), draper and clothier, 21-2 King street; Robert Cort & Son Ltd, Reading Bridge Ironworks, established 1850, ironfounders, mechanical handling engineers and manufacturers of gas and oil valves; Hemdean House school, Church street, founded by Francis Knighton in 1859 as a girls school, run by two of his daughters; Herbert Engineering Co Ltd, formerly Blaker Engineering Co, aero engine repairers and later motor manufacturers, moved to Lower Caversham in 1914 but ceased trading in 1931; Richard Horniman, printer and stationer, 66 Broad street; Edward Pole, grocer and tea dealer, 16 Duke street; Reading ICSL, established 1860; Reading Iron Works Ltd, established 1864, dissolved 1916; H.O. Serpell & Co, biscuit manufacturers, moved to South street, Reading from Plymouth in 1899, but the company was liquidated in 1959; Sutton & Sons, seedsmen, King street, later Market place, the company founded in 1806 and trading under that title from 1858, moved to Torquay 1976; Robert Tompkins (1833-97), proprietor of the Tompkins Royal Horse and Carriage Repository, auctioneers and estate agents, 25 Friar street, lived at Westlands, Tilehurst road and was a Conservative town councillor 1872-8