The Collection of 19th Century Tokens formed by John

Gloucestershire, Bristol, Bristol Commercial Token Bank Co, imitation Shilling, 1811, arms and crest within Garter, flag on mainmast to centre of flag on tower, tail of serpent does not touches n of token, rev. legend, reading augt 22, garratt, terrell, edwn bird, grigg, etc, edge grained, 4.13g/12h (D Somerset 32 and Mayes 32bis). Very fine and extremely rare £90-£120---Provenance: Bt M. Veissid.D 32 and Mayes 32bis are one and the same; the punchmark on the Dalton plate piece, replicated on at least one other (DNW T6, 131) is absent from this good weight specimen, which clearly shows the legend to read edwn bird------For more information, additional images and to bid on this lot please go to the auctioneers website, www.dnw.co.uk