British Tokens

Minehead, Borough Farthings, 1668 (4), 2.90g/9h, 1.68g/12h, 0.96g/12h (all N 4081, first 4081b, this piece; BW. 187), 0.88g/12h (N 4082c, this piece; BW. 187); Richard Crockford, Farthings (2), 0.80g/6h, 0.71g/6h (both N 4083, second plated; BW. 189); Samuel Crockford, Farthings, 1654 (2), Ramage dies, 0.88g/6h (N 4084; BW. 190), later dies, mm. demi-lis on rev., 0.66g/12h (dies not in N; BW. 190); John Streete, Farthing, 1666, 0.83g/6h (N 4085; BW. 191); Robert Ugden, Farthing, 1666, 0.49g/9h (N 4087; BW. 192) [10]. Plated N 4083 good very fine, BW. 190 variant very fine, N 4082 and 4087 mediocre, others generally fine, one or two better, many very rare; an excellent town group, only lacking one variant £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Somerset 17th Century Tokens formed by David Young.

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Provenance: N 4081b Norweb Collection, ‘Quebec’ Collection, DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lot 1430 (part) [from J. Hoare]; N 4082c Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], bt Spink; N 4081 at 1.68g and 4083 at 0.80g bt N.A. Clark December 1976; N 4081 at 0.96g bt Spink April 1975; *N 4083 at 0.71g Jeffrey Hoare Auction 55 (Toronto), 20 February 1997, lot 227, ‘Quebec’ Collection, DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lot 1430 (part); N 4084 bt N.A. Clark June 1976; N 4084 var bt N.A. Clark August 1976; N 4085 bt N.A. Clark June 1978; N 4087 bt Baldwin December 1986