Middlesex (Metropolitan), High Holborn, James Bennett, Halfpenny, 1.08g/12h (N 8075; BW. 1367); Holywell Lane [Shoreditch], Edmond Bannister, Halfpence, 1668 (2), 2.29g/9h, 1.82g/9h (both N 8150, former 8150c, this piece; BW. 2812); Iron Gate [Tower Hill], John Patston, Farthing, 0.82g/6h (N 8251a, this piece; BW. 1545), John Rammage, Halfpenny, 2.20g/6h (N 8252a, this piece; BW. 1547) [5]. Last very fine but discoloured, very rare, others fair or better £140-£180

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

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Provenance: N 8075 bt Seaby October 1972; N 8150 at 2.29g and *8252 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lots 617, 624 (parts); N 8150 at 1.82g R.J. Carthew Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 175 (part) [from N.A. Clark September 1983]; N 8251 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 624 (part).

John Ramage (b. 1646), a son of the moneyer David Ramage, was apprenticed a vintner