Auction Catalogue

19 March 2009

Starting at 10:30 AM

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British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Numismatic Books

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 285

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£230

17th Century Tokens, Bedfordshire, Dunstable, Daniell Fossey, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.11g/12h (N 28; BW. 39); Cambridgeshire, Cambridge, Joseph Heath, Farthing, 1666, 0.98g/12h (N 392; BW. 52); Devon, Tiverton, Thomas Fowler, Farthing, 1652, 1.31g/6h (N 792; BW. 320); Hampshire, Odiham, Robert May, Farthing, 1653, 1.02g/6h (N 1923; BW. 123); Huntingdonshire, Godmanchester, William Wright, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.07g/12h (N 2324; BW. 14); Lincolnshire, Grantham, Borough Halfpenny, 1667, 1.37g/12h (N 2937; BW. 97); Northamptonshire, Northampton, Bird Street, I.D.S., Farthing, 1651, 1.07g/6h (N 3413; BW. 80); Suffolk, Saxmundham, Thomas Knights, Farthing, 1.24g/6h (N 4441; BW. 285); Sussex, Lewes, Edmund Middleton, Farthing, 1666, 1.53g/9h (N 5227; BW. 114); Wiltshire, Salisbury, Thomas Cutler Sr, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.78g/6h (N 5545; BW. 172), Henry Seward, Farthing, 0.59g/12h (N 5577; BW. 225); Worcestershire, Pershore, Henry Gibbs, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.89g/9h (N 5707; BW. 85); together with other miscellaneous 17th century tokens (13), from Dorchester, Lyme Regis, Lincoln, Andover, Wells, etc [25]. Those described generally about fine, one or two better, others in varied state £100-150

Daniel Fossey, merchant tailor; Joseph Heath, common councilman 1685; Thomas Fowler, mercer, churchwarden 1647, mayor 1665; Robert May, mercer; Edmund Middleton, haberdasher, constable 1666; Thomas Cutler Sr, clothier; Henry Seward, grocer