Auction Catalogue

11 April 2012

Starting at 12:00 PM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 343

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11 April 2012

Hammer Price:
£360

17th Century Tokens, Devon, Barnstaple, Mary Lanncey, Farthing, 0.64g/6h (N –; D –; Clark, TCSB 7, p.189; NC 1988, p.283); Nathaniel Symons, Farthing, 0.99g/12h (N –; D –) [2]. Excavated state, both extremely rare, especially the second £50-100

At least four specimens of the first known; another was sold in these rooms, 19 March 2009, lot 289. The second reads nathaniel symons ·:·, ns, rev. [bar]nestaple 1657, fleur-de-lis, and is believed the only known specimen