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GREAT BRITAIN: Taylor & Challen Ltd, token (4.05g), ND (ca. 1910?), EF

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money / World Coins - Europe Start Price:120.00 USD Estimated At:150.00 - 200.00 USD
GREAT BRITAIN: Taylor & Challen Ltd, token (4.05g), ND (ca. 1910?), EF
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220.00USD+ (44.00) buyer's premium + applicable fees & taxes.
This item SOLD at 2023 Sep 15 @ 14:50UTC-7 : PDT/MST
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GREAT BRITAIN: Taylor & Challen Ltd, token (4.05g), ND (ca. 1910?), 21mm scalloped brass advertising token for Taylor & Challen Ltd, Birmingham, MINTING / MACHINERY / TAYLOR / AND / CHALLEN Ld. / BIRMINGHAM / ENGLAND // coin press at left with COINING PRESS above and 100 PER MINUTE at right, large "O" in both fields, apparently making it possible to punch out the middle for unknown reasons, plain edge, EF, R. Similar tokens are found with inscriptions in English and Chinese, as the firm was trying to sell machinery to provincial mints in China.We found only one auction record for this piece, in a group lot from Baldwin's in 2020. Apparently quite rare.