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

№ 287

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£240

17th Century Tokens, Cornwall, Stratton, John Cann, Farthing, 1652, 0.82g/6h (N 572; BW. 94); Devon, Barnstaple, Nathaniel Symons, Farthings, 1657 (2, different dies), mm. lozenge, 1.09g/3h (N 620; BW. 22), mm. small cinquefoil, 0.82g/6h (N –; BW. 22); Exeter, Richard Goswell, Farthing, 1668, 1.51g/12h (N 675; BW. 110); North Tawton, James Daggary, Halfpenny, 2.22g/6h (N 784; BW. 306); South Molton, Henry Jess, Farthing, 1668, 0.76g/3h (N –; BW. 300); Christopher May, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.67g/12h (N 732; BW. 302); Torrington, George Titherly, Farthings, 1666 (2, same dies), 0.95g/6h, 0.75g/6h (N –; BW. 347); together with Barnstaple, Wine & Spirit Stores, Joy Street, brass Three-Halfpence by H. Seage, 18mm (DTT 16), and a City of Oxford Farthing, 1652 [11]. Varied state, from excavations; some rare £60-80

John Cann, mercer