BRITISH TOKENS, Tooley Street, Samuell Dewell, Halfpenny, 3.17g/6h (E 963, this piece; N 5108 obv., different rev.; BW. 434); Moses Dix, Farthing, 1.14g/6h (E 964, this piece illustrated; N 5109a, this piece; BW. 435); Nehemiah Drought, Farthing, 1.00g/6h (E 965; N 5110, this piece; BW. 436); Edeth Edlinson, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.77g/12h (E 967; N 5111b, this piece; BW. 437); Will Ellis, Farthing, 0.90g/3h (E 968; N 5135a, this piece; BW. 438); John Farrah, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.72g/9h (E 969; N 5112; BW. 439) [6]. E 964, 968 and 969 fine, last dirty but very rare, others fair to fine, E 963 extremely rare £200-260

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 963 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark; E *964 and 968 R.A. Nott Collection [968 from Baldwin], Norweb Collection; E 965 Norweb Collection [from Spink]; E 967 V.M. Brand Collection, Norweb Collection; E 969 bt Baldwin October 1999