Auction Catalogue

1 October 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Tokens

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 121

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£520

Devon, Axminster, Jonas Hauwkwell, Farthing, 0.69g/12h (N –; BW. 18), William Hill, Farthing, 1656, 0.96g/6h (N –; BW. 19); Barnstaple, Nathaniel Symons, Farthing, 1657, 1.29g/3h (N 620; BW. 22); Chulmleigh, James Shephard, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.14g/12h (N 631; BW. 41); Colyton, Edward Burd, Farthing, 1657, 0.87g/6h (N 633, this piece; BW. 55), Nathaniel Parkman, Farthing, 0.66g/6h (N 636; BW. 58); Culmstock, Edward Lane, Farthings, 1654 (2), 1.00g/6h, 0.78g/6h (both N 644; BW. 69); Exeter, Thomas Gilbert, Farthing, 1666, mm. wavy star both sides, 0.80g/12h (N 673 obv., different [earlier] rev.; BW. 107), Henery Palmer, Farthing, 0.76g/3h (N 689; BW. 142), Thomas Templer, Farthing, 1668, 0.82g/12h (N –; BW. 163) [11]. N 689, BW. 18 and 163 very fine, N 636, 673 variant and BW. 19 fine, others in varied state, N 631 with small piercing £200-300

Provenance: BW. 18, 19, N 620, 636, 644 at 1.00g and 673 var bt Loughborough Coin & Search Society; *BW. 163 T.O. Mabbott Collection, SCMB October 1970; N 631 bt S.H. Monks; N 633 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, bt Spink; N 689 bt Corbitt & Hunter June 1966