Victoria (1837-1901). Boundary Token, Durham, Gateshead, obverse; BOROUGH OF GATESHEAD * BOUNDARY TOKEN * shield charged with a castle, goat's head crest, reverse; PERAMBULATED 24TH MAY 1849, GEOE HAWKES ESQR MAYOR, WILLIAM HENRY BROCKETT, JAMES SMITH, WILLIAM KENMIR, THOMAS WILSON, JOHN CUTHBERT POTTS, THOMAS CUMMINS ALDERMEN, WILLIAM KELL TOEN CLERK, 32mm, 15.75g, bronze, D&W-22, W-2697, M-5316, AUNC, toned, some original lustre.
References; W.J. Davis & A.W. Waters, Tickets & Passes of Great Britain & Ireland
, 1922 (reprinted 1974), P, & B.R. Withers, The Token Book 3; Tickets & Passes and their values
, 2016, and Michael Mitchiner, Jetons, Medalets & Tokens, volume 3; British Isles circa 1558 to 1830
, 1998.
