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In a busy scene at Gothland Station, 63395 waits patiently, as with the fireman about to exchange tokens with the signalman, 76079 arrives with a train from Pickering.
A copper token made by Peter Kempson to commemorate the opening in 1772 of the most prestigious place to stay in Birmingham: The Hotel in Temple Row.
Accession number: 1939 N157
A copper token made by Peter Kempson to commemorate the opening in 1772 of the most prestigious place to stay in Birmingham: The Hotel in Temple Row.
Accession number: 1939 N157
Trade tokens became widely used in the US somewhere around the time of Andrew Jackson's presidency and enjoyed popularity into the 1930’s. They were used by saloon keepers, grocers, cigar stores, pool halls, confectioners, and many other businesses. Token manufacturers would often come into a town and take a number of different business orders. Small towns may have several businesses with tokens with very similar characteristics as a result.
Trade tokens served several purposes for the business owner who distributed them. They were a form of currency when coinage was scarce. During the late 1800’s and early 1900’s drinks often sold for 15¢ or 2 for 25¢. Many times, patrons would stop in on the way home from work for a quick one. By pricing two for a quarter, the saloon owner could insure a return visit or would profit when the token was not redeemed at all. Further, these were a way to advertise the business. There are literally thousands of different tokens. I was unable to find out anymore on this particular one.......
Token block instruments at Sala Thammasop station. The instruments are of the Saxby & Farmer type and were made in India. They use steel ball tokens. Below the instruments are the rings to exchange tokens on the fly, see flic.kr/p/Fdjrau
Sharples Token
Ref: INV: 16851
Obverse [head]: Decorative pattern at the top and bottom, two four leaf clovers either side of inscription in the centre: T. SHARPLES CONCERT ROOM AND MUSEUM STAR INN CHURCHGATE BOLTON.
Reverse [tails]: Star with seven points inside a wreath.
Biography
This token is from an exciting Victorian Bolton attraction, the Sharples Concert Rooms and Museum, which were located above the Star Inn on Churchgate.
Unfortunately, it is not known how this token entered the museum. The token was found during an inventory of the token collection. However, there are several other tokens like this one in the collection. This is because the Sharples Concert Room and Museum are seen as an important part of the social history of Bolton.
Some interesting facts
The full name of the museum part of the Sharples rooms was ‘Sharples Museum of Curiosities in Nature & Art’, and you can see an original guide to the museum on display when our new Local History Gallery opens in the autumn.
In the guide book to the museum, strange curiosities described include a duck with two heads!
Find out more
There is currently another Sharples token on display in our very own ‘cabinet of curiosity’ located on the ground floor of Bolton Central library to the rear of the library.
For more information about the concert rooms and musical entertainment at Sharples, see
Dagmar Kift, The Victorian Music Hall: Culture, Class and Conflict (Cambridge University Press, 1996) in Part One ‘The English Music Hall’.
Paying for drink without the hassle of searching for the correct amount of money? This can be done via tokens of the
Token Company.
An odd little token I found in the grass outside of work. A Google search has found it's just an arcade token - not nearly as exciting as originally thought it could be given where it was found.
Created with fd's Flickr Toys.
from one of those make-it-yourself machines that used to be everywhere. When I was a kid in the early 60's we would go to the bus station and make them with obscenities on them, thinking we were getting away with something. Come to think of it, if I could find one now, I would probably still do the same thing - - some people never grow up
The tokens really are a bargain -- 50 (40 plus "10 free") cost $10 -- we had a coupon to give us 40 + 30 "free" for $10. Each game then takes one token and spits out tickets which can be traded in for dollar-store junk. Still, it made kiddo plenty happy.
One of a series of medals issued by Peter Kempson in 1797. It shows St Mary’s Chapel in Weaman Street which was built in 1774.
Accession number: 1939 N171
A 1980 telephone token issued by Pakistan Telegraph and Telephone (T&T). Part of my Privet Collection .
Today’s erection at Thuxton. A driver delivers the token pouch onto this catcher before picking up the one for the section ahead.
18/06/2017 (Sun) 1334 Hammerton (between Harrogate & York) 155347 + 153351 2C39 1320 York - Leeds via Harrogate (signaller collecting single line token)
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One of a series of medals issued by Peter Kempson in 1797. It shows St Mary’s Chapel in Weaman Street which was built in 1774.
Accession number: 1939 N171
Per Larry Moran this token was struck in 1797. It commemorated a mail delivery service which was started by J. Palmer and traveled from Liverpool to London and back. Note the die cracks on the obverse of this coin.
The medal shows a well engraved portrait of Albert Smith (1816-1860) and on the reverse side is the text EGYPTIAN HALL MUSEUM 1860. The medal was struck in brass with much of its original gilt remaining. There is a hole to accommodate a suspension loop.
This medal dated 1860 was issued to commemorate Albert Richard Smith’s long-standing association with the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly, London. Albert Smith originally went to medical school in London and Paris to train as a surgeon but later found his niche in life as an author and entertainer. He became a well known writer of novels, plays and short-stories throughout Victorian England. Albert Smith also liked to travel and recount his adventures including those of his ascent on Mont Blanc in the Alps (1851) and of his journeys throughout China (1858). He also entertained in the Egyptian Hall enthralling audiences with readings of his own works, recounting his adventures of climbing Mont Blanc and from China.
The Egyptian Hall Museum was a museum opened to the public in 1812 and housed in a specially designed building with an ancient Egyptian style façade. The museum was built by William Bullock at the enormous cost at the time of £16,000 but the venture proved immensely profitable for him. Many ancient Egyptian artefacts brought back by Napoleon’s armies found there way there as well as many displays of other non-Egyptian and natural history objects. After 1820, the museum also served as an entertainment hall. It was located at number 22 Piccadilly, London but sadly, was demolished in 1905 and the present site is occupied by office blocks at numbers 170-173 Piccadilly.
References:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Richard_Smith (Wikipedia article on Albert Smith).
www.les-alpes-livres.com/Resources/Albert Smith NPa.pdf (Article about collectables associated with Albert Smith. The medal pictured above is mentioned but is undrilled and passed as a token).
www.georgianindex.net/Bullocks/Egyptian_Hall.html (Small article on teh Egyptian Hall Museum with contemporary engraving prints).
www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/london/60.html (Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly from an 1895 photograph).
Enamels: n/a.
Finish: Gilt.
Material: Brass.
Fixer: Suspension loop/eye.
Size: 7/8” in diameter (about 22mm).
Process: Die stamped.
Maker: Pinches (of London).
Thank you for reading.
Stuart.