BRITISH TOKENS, The Counter, Mark Wyn, Farthings (2), 1.15g/6h (E 574; N 4900, this piece; BW. 216), 1.10g/6h (E 575; N 4901, this piece; BW. 216); Counter Lane, Samuel Smith, Farthing, 0.85g/6h (E 576; N 4902a, this piece; BW. 215); Crucifix Lane, Tho[mas] Adams, Farthing, 1.11g/9h (E 578; N –; BW. 219), octagonal Halfpenny, 1.73g/6h (E 579; N 4903b, this piece; BW. 218) [5]. E 578 good fine but struck off-centre, rare, E 579 fine, others in varied state, E 576 the only issue for the location £90-120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: E 574 Norweb Collection; E 575 and 576 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 578 found in the R. Thames, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 257 (part) [from N. Mills May 1987]; *E 579 Norweb Collection [previous provenance not now known].

It is evident that at some point the two examples of E 579 that were in the Norweb collection have been mixed up in their envelopes. The present piece, which is shown on the Norweb plates, is the lighter of the two and survives with the envelope that should correctly be with N 4903a