Auction Catalogue

8 November 2007

Starting at 1:30 PM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 57

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8 November 2007

Hammer Price:
£130

17th Century, Suffolk, Saxmundham, Thomas Knights, Farthing, 0.96g/12h (N 4441; BW. 285), Nicholas Shepherd, Farthings (4, all different), 1.07g/6h (N 4444; BW. 289), 0.95g/6h (N 4444-5 obv., different rev.; rev. die also not in Harris or Judson; BW. 289), 0.57g/6h (N 4447; BW. 289), 0.87g/9h (N 4450; BW. 288); Southwold, Borough Halfpenny, 1667, 1.32g/6h (N 4454; BW. 294), Judeth Luscoe, Farthing, 1666, 0.97g/6h (N 4455; BW. 295), Daniell More, Farthing, 1663, 1.12g/9h (N 4456; BW. 297), Halfpenny, 1668, 2.18g/12h (N 4457; BW. 296), Thomas Postle, Farthings (2), 1652, 1.29g/6h (N 4458; BW. 298), 1659, 1.22g/6h (N 4463; BW. 299) [11]. N 4444, BW. 296 and 297 very fine, others generally fair to fine (£80-100)

Provenance:
BW. *296 and 297 M.J. Harris Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 52 (part), bt Spink.

N 4444 illustrated on the dust jacket of the reprint of Michael Dickinson’s Seventeenth Century Tokens of the British Isles and their values. Nicholas Shepherd, draper; Judith Luscoe, baker and brewer; Daniel More, grocer; Thomas Postle, grocer