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Can Anyone Help Me Match This 1915 Ticket To Collector Or Seller?

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Okay, this is admittedly a very long shot as the ticket does not appear to record a particular auction and may in fact have been a "private treaty" acquisition. I have a few in this handwriting, all accompanying tokens in my Regency Period collection.

This one appears to indicate a purchase date of 2 March 1915, and a price of five shillings, which would have been way too high for a single common token, suggesting that maybe this was one piece within a larger group or lot. Our only clue as to seller (or auction house) is the "ex-F" at the bottom.

Nothing special about the token, an 1813 penny issued by William Baker, a lace and hosiery manufacturer at St. Marysgate in Nottingham.

Many thanks in advance for any clues you might have!


Withers 935, Davis 15, 34mm, 21g.



I never pay too much for my tokens...but every now and then I may buy one a little too soon.

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 Posted 10/28/2024  7:45 pm  Show Profile   Bookmark this reply Add first4 to your friends list Get a Link to this Reply
Possibly A.H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd in UK. Round tag looks similar

see this link
https://www.instagram.com/p/DAiRzka...?img_index=1


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You may want to contact the auction house directly and ask if them to confirm provenance.
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Good catch, first4, and thanks for the tip.

I just sent Baldwin's a pile of money last month for a half dozen successful bids in their big token sale, so I'm sure they'll be most accommodating!

Will post my findings here, if any...


I never pay too much for my tokens...but every now and then I may buy one a little too soon.

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Hi Daltonista. That looks like the handwriting of A H Baldwin, the founder of the company. 1858-1936. The exF and price looks like a match to me. Was it a 'Baldwin's vault' purchase?




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This is very interesting! I love seeing the little bits of related items with coins.
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That looks like the handwriting of A H Baldwin, the founder of the company.

This is fabulous, Tom Goodheart, and great confirmation of first4's observation as well! Thank you, sir!

"It has not escaped our notice," Tom, that you came to my rescue a year or so ago on my Noble/Format problem concerning the provenance of a unique silver Staffordshire oddity.

I will send all three images to Richard Gladdle, Baldwin's resident Paranumismatist, to see if it's possible to further decipher my token's ticket.

I never pay too much for my tokens...but every now and then I may buy one a little too soon.

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I'm pleased if I've been of assistance.

This is why I'm always very keen to encourage people to keep all the little envelopes and bits of paper that might come with things we buy. You never know if they might be of use one day.
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