Baldwin's of St. James's
Auction 12 - Argentum 4 Nov 2017
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Tokens, Ireland, Co Waterford, Mayfield, Malcolmson Bros, yellow card truck tokens, 1854, Halfcrown (43mm), Shilling (39mm) and Fourpence (octagonal, 32mm), unissued and uncut pairs (2 of each), all unsigned. Slight foxing with age and discolouring to Fourpence reverse but much as issued, rare as sets (6)
These tokens were initally published by R A S MacAlister, "A Catalogue of Irish Traders Tokens in the Collection of the Royal Irish Academy", Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. XL, 1931, and again by Arthur Went, "The Truck Tokens of 19th Century Ireland", Coins, Medals and Currency Weekly, 2nd January 1971. More recently Derek Young published, "The Cardboard Tokens of Malcolmson's Mayfield Factory", Coin News, February 1990. Neither MacAlister nor Went recorded the Halfcrowns, and Young recorded only one unsigned example which, naturally, led him to believe that this denomination was never issued. Since 1990 several signed examples of the Halfcrown have surfaced, proving that they were actually issued.
(200-250 GBP)
These tokens were initally published by R A S MacAlister, "A Catalogue of Irish Traders Tokens in the Collection of the Royal Irish Academy", Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. XL, 1931, and again by Arthur Went, "The Truck Tokens of 19th Century Ireland", Coins, Medals and Currency Weekly, 2nd January 1971. More recently Derek Young published, "The Cardboard Tokens of Malcolmson's Mayfield Factory", Coin News, February 1990. Neither MacAlister nor Went recorded the Halfcrowns, and Young recorded only one unsigned example which, naturally, led him to believe that this denomination was never issued. Since 1990 several signed examples of the Halfcrown have surfaced, proving that they were actually issued.
(200-250 GBP)