Important Resource on British Tokens
Samuel, Richard Thomas. BRITISH TOKENS, ARTICLES AND NOTES FROM THE BAZAAR, EXCHANGE AND MART, AND JOURNAL OF THE HOUSEHOLD. DECEMBER 29, 1880 THROUGH AUGUST 28, 1889... Concordance compiled by Harold Welch. Cold Spring: Davissons, 1994. 4to, original crimson cloth, gilt. Several hundred pages; text illustrations. Signed and numbered by the editor. Fine. One of only 100 copies issued, of which this is No. 74. Provides historical background for the tokens not to be found elsewhere. Davisson: "Detailed discussion of the origins of over 1000 of the tokens in the series; basis for information included by Dalton and Hamer as well as other authors on the series."