John Banner.tokens
John Banner founded the Sheffield business in 1873. The shop moved to Attercliffe Road in 1894, this was a busy shopping street, serving the thousands of people who lived in the surrounding area, and was replaced by the building shown in the picture in 1934. It was the first building in Sheffield to have escalators. With the local population having dwindled with the local housing being demolished in the '70s, so did the business, and it finally closed in 1980 however the building itself is still standing today. John Banner was born in 1850, he was a coal-miner as a twenty year old and then became a draper and set up his shops. He died July 7th 1930 aged 80 years old, his sons (Harold, Ernest, John & Cyril) then ran the business. After WW2 the business was sold. Bought by Hurst & Sandler and subsequently acquired by United Drapery Stores.
- John Banner department store cheques.
These cheques were a type of credit system that offered consumers on limited budgets the option of buying a variety of goods on credit and the interest charged on them was a shilling to the pound. The cheques were obtained from ticket agents (the "Tally Man") that visited your home. You could only use these cheques at the Banner department store and the tokens were received as change.
John Banner Ltd, Sheffield | ||
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Material | Brass | |
Filename | JB001 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield ½d (halfpenny) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 25 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | JB001 varieties | |
Material | Bronze | |
Filename | JB001a | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield ½d (halfpenny) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 25 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Zinc | |
Filename | JB001b | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield ½d (halfpenny) | |
Rev. | blank | |
Size (mm) | 25 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | different 2 | |
Material | Bronze | |
Filename | JB002xx | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 1d | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 32 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | larger size | |
Material | Bronze | |
Filename | JB002 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 1d | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 29 scalloped 7.5g | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Brass | |
Filename | JB003 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 1d | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 29 scalloped 7.1g | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | JB003 varieties | |
Material | Brass | |
Filename | JB004 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 3d | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 22 octagonal | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Zinc | |
Filename | JB005x | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 6d | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 18 scalloped | |
Source | ||
Notes | ||
Material | Aluminium | |
Filename | JB005 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 6d | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 19.3 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | JB005 varieties | |
Material | Aluminium | |
Filename | JB006 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 1/- (one shilling) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 22.3 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Zinc | |
Filename | JB006a | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 1/- (one shilling) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 22.7 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Aluminium | |
Filename | JB007 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 2/- (two shillings) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 27.5 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Zinc | |
Filename | JB008 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 2/- (two shillings) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 27 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Aluminium | |
Filename | JB008x | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 2/6 (two shillings & sixpence) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 30.8 scalloped | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Brass | |
Filename | JB009 | |
Description | John Banner LD Sheffield 10/- (ten shillings) | |
Rev. | blank with countermarked JB in oblong | |
Size (mm) | 20.5 square | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes |
John Banner Ltd, Sheffield - Decimal issues | ||
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Material | Yellow plastic | |
Filename | JBD001 | |
Description | John Banner Ltd - 5p | |
Rev. | not transferable | |
Size (mm) | 23 | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Dark olive green plastic | |
Filename | JBD002 | |
Description | John Banner Ltd - 10p | |
Rev. | not transferable | |
Size (mm) | 27 | |
Source | © malj1 collection | |
Notes | ||
Material | Red plastic | |
Filename | JBD003 | |
Description | John Banner Ltd - 50p | |
Rev. | not transferable | |
Size (mm) | 30 heptagonal | |
Source | Sheffield Museums Trust © unknown | |
Notes | ||
File:JBD004.jpg | ||
Material | colour nk plastic | |
Filename | JBD004 | |
Description | John Banner Ltd | |
Rev. | £1 ? | |
Size (mm) | nk | |
Source | ||
Notes | £1 logically should exist but not seen | |
Material | Cream plastic | |
Filename | JBD005 | |
Description | John Banner Limited | |
Rev. | £2 | |
Size (mm) | 38 | |
Source | Sheffield Museums Trust © unknown | |
Notes |