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[email protected] (no fax) Illustrated online catalogue at www.simmonsgallery.co.uk MAILBID MB94 Bid Auction of Tokens The collection of Welsh Tokens formed by Emyr George including his Shropshire Tavern Tokens Closing date for bids Wednesday 30 September 2020 at 12 noon BST Tokens, checks and passes 18th century tokens, 19th century silver and copper tokens Pub & refreshment checks, industry checks, Mining and colliery checks, political & working men’s clubs, and other tokens from UK and beyond. Online viewing www.simmonsgallery.co.uk or by appointment Buyer’s premium 5% including VAT at standard rate on all lots Preamble Emyr George was a dairy farmer from Wales, a collector of all things Welsh, amiable and passionate about his hobby. He co-wrote Shropshire Tavern Tokens with Neil Todd and Andrew Cunningham. Emyr was a great one for swapping his tokens with others, buying lots, and then exchanging them for tokens he needed for his collection. This is why we find stray English, Scottish and occasional overseas tokens scattered amongst the Welsh. We tried in our last auction in June to separate these non-Welsh out but there are thousands of tokens and it will take us several sales to offer them all. So we’re only up to Glamorgan in the pub checks and up to C in the mining alphabetically. There’s lots more to come and Howard used lockdown well to catalogue them. We’re selling on behalf of the family so please, to those who’ve already asked, all tokens are offered at auction.