Person GND

Name

Sparks, William

Grocer at Market Place, Frome Selwood, Somersetshire.

William Sparks issued tokens in 1811 in company with Willoughby & Sons, Sinkins, Ryall, Gerard, and Griffith & Gough (all merchants from Frome Selwood).

Lit.: P. and  B. R. Withers, The Token Book. British Tokens of the 17th 18th and 19th centuries and their values (2010) p. 412 no. 71-71 bis; A. W. Waters, Notes on the Silver Tokens of the Nineteenth Century (1957) p. 12 under Frome Selwood.

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https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/term/BIOG98793

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