British Tokens

Metropolitan Middlesex, Covent Garden, William Clifton, Farthing, 0.95g/6h (N 8681; Berry p.54; BW. 737), Halfpenny, 1.48g/12h (N 8682; Berry p.54; BW. 736), William Long, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (N 8683; Berry p.56; BW. 740), Old Street, R.K.D. the bell brew hovs, Farthing, 1652, 1.08g/6h (N 7954; Berry p.99; BW. 2159); Russell Street, Mary Long, Halfpenny, 1.21g/6h (N 8874; Berry p.56; BW. 2434) [5]. First about fine, last two good fine, others fair £90-120

Provenance: First bt Coins & Antiquities 1966; second bt N.A. Clark 1979; fourth bt M.J. Dickinson 1989; others bt N.A. Clark 1980.

Last only illustrated. William Clifton, vintner, The Fleece, fl. 1651-76; William Long (†1661), vintner, The Rose, by 1641, succeeded by his widow Mary (†1674)