Check - Thomas Lawlor & Co, Barbados, circa 1850

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Summary:: Advertising check, Issued by, Thomas Lawlor & Co., Bridgetown, Barbados, circa 1850.
Mint not recorded.
Statement Of Significance:: Advertisments for this firm give this address in 1850 (by 1852 they are at 17 Broad Street). The company was a general merchant, both wholesale and retail and involved Thomas Rice Lawler, William Thomas Barrett, Edward Augustine O'Keefe and Thomas Hayes in the early 1850s.
Acquisition Information:: Transfer from National Gallery of Victoria (NGV), 1976

Tagged with:	british empire coins, british commonwealth and empire coins
Themes this item is part of:	Numismatics & Philately Collection
Primary Classification:	TOKENS
Secondary Classification:	Barbados
Tertiary Classification:	checks
Series:	Advertising
DateEra:	circa 1850 AD
Obverse Description:	Legend in five lines; THOMAS LAWLOR & CO. / 11 / BROAD ST / BRIDGETOWN / BARBADOES
Reverse Description:	Legend in five lines; GENERAL / MERCHANTS / AND / COMMISSION / AGENTS
Edge Description:	Plain
Shape:	round
Material:	Bronze
Issued By:	Thomas Lawlor & Co., Bridgetown, Barbados, circa 1850
References:	Pridmore vol.3 p.90 no.29 Pridmore; Coins of the British Commonwealth, Vol 3 p.90 No. 29
Bibliography:	[Book], Major Fred Pridmore, The Coins of the British Commonwealth of Nations, Part 3, West Indies, Spink & Son Ltd., London, 1965