https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/workplace-tally-58631.html Wed, 21 May 2025 14:58:25 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A uniface workplace tally of Rossendale Printing Co. The tally is die-struck, with a stamped number 464 at the centre. Tallies were used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages, and in the case of miners, indicating when they were underground. The company was an exhibitor at the Royal Jubilee Exhibition of 1887  The Rossendale Printing Co., 33, George Street, Manchester. Printed Cretonnes in Reps, Toile a Voile, Sateens for Quilts, Crepes, Twills, &c. Printed Calicoes of all kinds for home trade and export. Printed Fancy Cloths of various kinds for dresses. Grace's Directory of 1891 lists the company as Calico Printers based at Loveclough Printworks, Crawshawbooth, Rawtenstall.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/union-membership-check-yorkshire-miners-association-58629.html Wed, 21 May 2025 14:33:13 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		An incomplete star-shaped Yorkshire Miners' Association membership check of the Waterloo Main Branch.  Founded in 1881 when the West Yorkshire Miners' Association merged with South Yorkshire and became the Yorkshire Miners' Association.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/workplace-tally-58195.html Tue, 03 Sep 2024 10:50:22 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A workplace tally of Royce Limited of Manchester, forerunner of the famous motor car company, Rolls Royce Ltd. The tally is rectangular with chamfered corners and an upper central piercing. It is die-struck with the raised inscription ROYCE LIMITED MANCHESTER on the front, along with a manually stamped identification number, 146. The reverse is plain.  Tallies were used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages, etc.  The following information is from the Science Museum Group website: Royce Ltd  1884 - Formed as Royce Limited. 1891 - Registered on 4 June, as F. H. Royce and Co, to take over the business of electrical and mechanical engineers of the firm of the same name. 1894 - Became a limited company. 1904 - Company manufactures their first car. 1906 - Henry Royce and Charles Rolls form Rolls Royce Limited to manufacture cars. 1932 - Acquired by Herbert Morris of Loughborough.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/workplace-tally-53703.html Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:14:10 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A copper-alloy die-struck Birchenwood Colliery miners lampcheck. The check is circular, pierced and bears the legend BIRCHENWOOD C. Co. LAMP HOUSE, and manually struck numbers1191.  Tallies were used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages and, in the case of miners, indicating when they were underground.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/workplace-tally-53702.html Mon, 22 Oct 2018 23:04:44 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A copper-alloy die-struck Birchenwood Colliery miners lampcheck. The check is circular, pierced and bears the legend BIRCHENWOOD C. Co. LAMP HOUSE, and manually struck numbers1602.  Tallies were used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages and, in the case of miners, indicating when they were underground.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/colliery-check-53701.html Mon, 22 Oct 2018 22:56:59 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A copper-alloy oval uniface paycheck of the Talke O'th Hill Colliery Staffordshire. The tally is die-struck, pierced at one end and bears the legend 'TALKE O'th HILL COLLIERY' PAY CHECK, No 557.   Tallies were used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages and, in the case of miners, indicating when they were underground.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/workplace-tally-7328.html Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A tally of the type used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages and, in the case of miners, indicating when they were underground. The present tally has the number 59, but the inscription around the edge is only partially legible, so its particular issuer and use are uncertain. See also UKDFD 7706.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/workplace-tally-7706.html Sat, 23 Jun 2007 00:00:00 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A tally of the type used by workers in various industries for such purposes as withdrawing tools from stores, collecting wages and, in the case of miners, indicating when they were underground. The present tally has the number 95, but the inscription around the edge is illegible, so its particular issuer and use are uncertain. See also UKDFD 7328.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/hop-token-18622.html Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A uniface tin-coated copper-alloy hop token, front has the value 3 and the issuer's initials IG. There is reference in 'Hop Tokens of Kent and Sussex & Their Issuers' to a lead cast token with the initials 'IG' that was last used in Uckfield, Sussex, in 1870, but is thought to have originated from Kent. See also UKDFD 18621.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tokens-jetons-and-medalets/work-related-checks-and-tallies/hop-token-18621.html Fri, 10 Apr 2009 00:00:00 GMT Work-related checks and tallies  

Description:		A uniface tin-coated copper-alloy hop token, front has the value 4 and the issuer's initials IG. There is reference in 'Hop Tokens of Kent and Sussex & Their Issuers' to a lead cast token with the initials 'IG' that was last used in Uckfield, Sussex, in 1870, but is thought to have originated from Kent. See also UKDFD 18622.
Category:		Tokens, jetons and medalets, Work-related checks and tallies
Category:		Work-related checks and tallies

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