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LAWRENCE, L A L A Lawrence was a well known figure in numismatics for over fifty years covering the first half of the 20th century. The tickets shown in the BNJ show wildly different styles of writing, so a letter from Lawrence is also included to show a wider range of characters of a style he may have used.

just picked this up , found it really hard to find and am well chuffed (As they say up north)

I dont know about you lot but if i had one of those anne crowns I would love to bury it in the garden if only because of the piss poor attempt at the obverse - it looks like anne has anorexea. With a face like that grumpy cats job is in danger as well. I am sure queens were never as miserable looking as that

Feel sorry for him as must have severe mental issues

DAY, H G C One sale in 1902, and a second collection was purchased by Baldwin c1935. This ticket came from the latter portion.

SEABY, H A A ticket in the handwriting of the founder of the company, Bert Seaby. Top line is the Bulletin reference, selling price is at the bottom, and acquisition details shown as the fraction lower right. The reverse is blank.The ticket has a hint of a greenish hue, but tickets of many colours are known over time.Ticket diameter 32-33mm, other sizes are known.

LOCKETT, R C Lockett's collection of hammered British coins was sold at Glendining in 5 sales between 1955 and 1961. His collection of milled coins was sold in 1927. The BNJ entry states the tickets were 29-30mm diameter, but the three illustrated below are 26, 33 and 44 mm, so it is safe to say they can be any size. All the tickets I have seen have been on grey card, though tickets are also known where those of the previous owner have been annotated by Lockett. The reverse can be either blank, or annotated with the acquisition details or other references.

WOODHEAD, P Collector of medieval hammered coins active from the second half of the 20th century onwards. Coins were frequently traded with both major dealers and fellow collectors.

CONTE, W J The collection sold in parts in both the UK at Baldwins and the US at CNG around the time of the Millennium. White tickets, 25mm diameter, written in pencil

DUPREE, T W J D Collection of rare and quality coins acquired by Spink at the end of the 1980s and sold through the Circular or by private treaty. Previous collection references are sometimes included on the back of the ticket.

ARMITAGE, E F P Some Norman sold through Seaby, the remainder of the collection purchased by Spink c1960. White/Cream ticket, 3/4" diameter, writing on one side.

HUNT, P Philip Hunt collection of halfcrowns to 1700, part of collection purchased by Colin Adams in 2000 and subsequently sold in his sale at Spink in 2005.

BROOKER, J G Brooker's collection was purchased by Spink and dispersed between 1979 and 1984. The entry in Eaglen's BNJ article states the ticket size as either 32 or 48mm, but this is 38, so clearly other sizes exist. Distinctive handwriting in blue ink.

ADAMS, C Colin Adams had two sales - his pennies were sold at Spink in July 2003 and mostly had either blue or white tickets of the type on the left. The halfcrowns sold at Spink in December 2005 all had tickets of the type on the right with the collection name added. Diameter of tickets usually 30 or 31mm.

SLANEY Collection No scale to measure against, but I think about 29mm or the imperial equivalent. The reverse was blank. The collection was assembled in the period from the late 1930s to the early 1960s before being split between the two grandchildren. Both collections were sold at Spink, the first in 2003 and the second in 2015.

Lainchbury, Arthur 1838 sixpence. Purchased at DNW, Apr 2, 2014.

NOTT, R A Token collection of approx 8000 pieces assembled from the 1930s onwards and sold to Mrs Norweb via Spink in 1960-1. His catalogues were profusely annotated with the contents of each bulk lot. The tickets were hand cut from paper and therefore of varying diameter.

MARSHALL COLLECTION Sold at Spink March 2004. Cream tickets, 48mm diameter. The ticket illustrated came with the Commonwealth halfpenny from the sale. The description on the other side clearly refers to a different coin, so the conclusion is that tickets were reused on occasion.

Mrs E M H NORWEB No tickets as all coins were kept in 2"x2" envelopes. The BNJ article says that they were either white of blue, but salmon pink was also used. It may be that colour coding applied to different types of coin as the pink one was a token and the white one a medieval hammered coin.

Agreed, I'll get my groat

That sounds great. I wish it had been there when my wife worked in the department. UKStu, Peckris, and me are all originally from Liverpool. You too?