Engraved Halfcrown 1885 EF nicely toned and with loop mount at the top, engraved with 'Sir W.T.Lewis' on the obverse, Note: William Thomas Lewis was the First Baron of Merthyr' a coal mining magnate, and was created Baronet of Nantgwyne in 1896, and in 1911 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Merthyr of Senghenydd in the County of Glamorgan. One of the pits owned by Lewis was the Senghenydd Colliery. Following a failure to implement a safety plan in early 1913, an explosion in the mine on 14 October of that year killed 439 miners and one rescuer. This remains the worst mining accident in the United Kingdom
A mixed group 18th and 19th Century (9) comprising Yorkshire 1813 Phoenix Ironworks EF, Halfpenny Yorkshire Sheffield 1812 Nelson/Victory VF, Staffordshire 1812 Job Wilkes Darleston Lustrous EF, Warwickshire 1796 Union Mills/Cornucopia F scarce, Suffolk Bury 1794 Bust of Cornwallis EF, also Pennies 19th Century New Zealand (2) S.Hague Smith Ironmonger Auckland undated KM#Tn63 VF, 1858 Professor Holloway KM#Tn278 Good Fine, Colliery Mine and Lime Kiln Tickets (2) Hensingham Crest of the Lawson and Brayton family, two arms supporting the sun, VF the first in copper, the second in brass with hole
Tokens a wide variety includes Tradesman, Transport, Colliery, Alonzo Mills, Stage, Factory, Gaming etc. (60) mostly 19th to 20th Century in mixed grades
Great Britain, Grand Junction Water Works transfer Certificate no 1313 for transfer of seven shares, 1827, on vellum. Signed Thos Collier & Willm Parker
Russia, RussianCollieries Co. Ltd., share warrants to bearer for 5, 10, 25 and 50 shares, all 1902, very attractive Waterlow printed certificates with large vignette of allegorical female with train and mine in background, various colours, all with coupons, all VF or better, (4).
Great Britain, Sunderland Towage Co. Ltd., archive of the companies share certificates, 135 x certificates for fully paid shares, including certificate No.1, all cancelled, plus book containing 7 x partially issued certificates and 46 x unissued certificates, also 50 x fully paid preference shares, all cancelled, plus book containing 2 x certificates with signatures removed and 45 x unissued certificates, all issued certificates dated 1900-1918, blue and red respectively, issued mostly VF, unissued mostly EF. (285).The Sunderland Towage Company was founded on 1st August 1900 to own and manage the tugs formerly owned by a Sunderland Collier Company Messrs Taylor and Sanderson. The initial capital was £2,400 in £1 shares, this was later increased to £10,000, made up of 5,000 ordinary shares and 5,000 preference shares. By March 1918 William France, Fenwick & Co. Ltd, a much larger tug owning company of Newcastle, had acquired a large proportion of the issued shares. It is believed that the remaining shareholders transferred their holdings into a new company, France, Fenwick Tyne and Wear Ltd.
Great Britain, 24 certificates, dated 1920-1929, titles include, Deanscales Mining Co. Ltd., 1923, South LeicestershireColliery Co. Ltd., 1926, United States Debenture Corporation Ltd., 1925, Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Co. Ltd., 1927, West Springs Ltd., 1924, Northumberland Shipbuilding Co. Ltd., 3 x certificates, all 1920, Blue Bird Petrol (Foreign) Ltd., 1929, minor duplication, mostly VF. (24).
Great Britain, 3 colliery certificates, Brynlloi Colliery Co. Ltd., certificate for one share 1874 black with coupons, Bettws Llantwit Colliery Ltd. certificate for one share 1873 black with coupons, also Snowdown Colliery Ltd. Kent certificate for preferred ordinary shares 1912 vignette of colliery, red, all VF. (3).
Great Britain, 9 bearer certificates, Cote d?Ivoire & Adulessa Co. Ltd., 1902, Paramatta Copper Mines Ltd., 1903, Sherrin and Partners Ltd., 1902, Swedish Iron Mines and Furnaces Ltd., 1911, Kokumbo (Ivory Coast) Co. Ltd., 1903, Carballino Gold and Arsenic Mines Ltd., 1907, Melincourt Collieries Ltd., 1903, Hendersonson?s Nigel Ltd., 1895, and Tirdonkin Collieries Ltd., 1903, all with text in English and French, all with UK revenue stamps, all with coupons, mostly F-VF. (9).
Great Britain, Consolidated KentCollieries Corporation Ltd., bearer warrant for 50 shares, London 1901, very ornate with vignette of mine, coast and cliff, black & dull red, with coupons, folded, otherwise AVF. (1).
Colliery Tokens (25) in brass, various shapes and inscriptions, plus badges (7) all Colliery and Union-related including NUM Miners strike 1984/5, in mixed grades
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