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Bewick Main Colliery |
Colliery in Mickley Band near Newcastle-on-Tyne. Presumably run by John Bewick, father of the inventor of wood-engraving, Thomas Bewick. Sold in auction on 26 September 1811. Issued tokens in 1811. Lit.: P. and B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) p. 407 no. 4; A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) p. 9 under Newcastle. |
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