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

№ 293

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19 March 2009

Hammer Price:
£200

17th Century Tokens, Gloucestershire, Bourton-on-the-Water, Edward Lamly, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.32g/12h (N 1443; BW. 9); Chipping Campden, William Coltman, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.17g/12h (N 1606; BW. 24), John Mosely, Farthing, 1653, 0.85g/6h (N 1609; BW. 28), Valentin[e] Smith, Farthing, 1651, 1.18g/6h (N 1611; BW. 30); Cirencester, Anthony Chance, Farthing, 1.35g/6h (N 1620, this piece; BW. 46), William Constable, octagonal Halfpenny, 1669, 2.23g/12h (N 1625; BW. 49); Gloucester, Thomas Cooke, Farthing, 0.67g/6h (N 1664, this piece; BW. 88); Kempsford, John Maslin, octagonal Halfpenny, 1669, 2.32g/12h (N 1680; BW. 112); Northleach, Thomas Page, Farthing, 0.72g/6h (N 1703; BW. 141), William Stone, octagonal Halfpenny, 1669, 2.29g/12h (N 1706; BW. 144); Stow-on-the-Wold, William Mince, Farthing, 1656, 0.48g/12h (N 1713, this piece, wt. recté 0.48g; BW. 157); Stroud, William Hopton, Farthing, 1655, 0.91g/3h (N 1716, this piece; BW. 161); Tetbury, Antipas Swinerton, Farthing, 0.84g/6h (N 1729; BW. 169); Tewkesbury, Christopher Atkinson, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.31g/6h (N 1733; BW. 172) [14]. Generally about fine, some better, but BW. 144 pierced £120-150

Provenance: BW. 46, 157 and 161 Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC July/August 1989 (4211, 4217, 4218) [all from Baldwin]; BW. 88 R.A. Nott Collection, Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, SNC May 1989 (2636).

Edward Lamly, baker; William Coltman, mercer; Anthony Chance (†1667), mercer; William Constable, mercer; Thomas Cooke, chandler; John Maslin, chandler; William Mince, mercer; Antipas Swinerton, woolman