17th Century Tokens, Warminster, John Buccher, Farthing, 1651, 1.32g/6h (N –; BW. 256); James Eliott, Farthing, 1.00g/6h (N 5612a, this piece; BW. 257); John Slade, Farthing, 1667, 1.11g/12h (N 5613; BW. 258); Thomas Toomer, Farthing, 1651, 1.20g/6h (N 5614; BW. 259) [4]. N 5612 fine, others in varied state £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: *N 5612 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 149, 15 November 2000, lot 41 (part) [from Baldwin], bt R. Gladdle; BW. 256 SCMB August 1972.

At the Trinity Quarter Sessions in Warminster in July 1671 Butcher and Slade, the latter a mercer, were indicted for ‘striking farthings...four of which were only worth a halfpenny’; the former was pardoned and the latter exonerated (Kempson, BNJ 1973, p.129)