BRITISH TOKENS, The Mint, John Bell, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.69g/12h (E 725; N 4967, this piece; BW. 311); I.G. in the mint, Farthing, 1.02g/3h (E 726, this piece illustrated; N 4968, this piece; BW. 312); Richard Perkins, Farthing, 0.85g/12h (E 728; N –; BW. 313); John Platten, Halfpenny, 1.62g/6h (E 729; N 4969; BW. 314) [4]. E 726 fine and very rare but struck on a bar-end, others fair £80-100

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 725 and *726 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 728 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt Spink; E 729 P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 260 (part) [from N.A. Clark 1989], T. Coker Collection, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1837 (part) [from M. Trenerry]