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1778
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William
Sharp at
Batson's Coffee House
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1786
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William
Sharp at
Bank Coffee House
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1796
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William
Sharp at
32 Winchester Street
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1804
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Sharp
& Kirkup
Diamond and pearl brokers and auctioneers
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1815
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Sharp
& Kirkup
Jewel and bullion brokers
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1817
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James
Sharp
Jeweller and bullion broker
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1821
1830
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James Sharp &
Granville Sharp partners
Turnover £1 million
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1840
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Bank of England
acceptance as broker
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1847
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Sharps & Wilkins
partnership
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1850
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Gold rushes expand
market
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1852
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Stewart Pixley &
Henry Haggard start as bullion brokers
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1853
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Sharps & Wilkins
profit up £4,980 in 1847 to £14,522
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1872
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Pixley & Abell
partnership
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1876
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Frederick Wilkins
gives evidence on silver statistics to House of Commons Committee
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Stewart Pixley gives
evidence on US silver output to House of Commons Committee
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1897
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Sharps & Wilkins
chair first Silver Fixing in Great Winchester Street office
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