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BRITISH TOKENS, Kent Street, Henry Miles, Farthing, 1.30g/6h (E 680; N 4946, this piece; BW. 291); Mickell Ridley, Farthing, 0.79g/6h (E 681; N 4947, this piece; BW. 292); Thom. Stiver, Farthing, 1652, 0.90g/6h (E 682; N 4950c, this piece; BW. 293); Will Williams, octagonal Halfpenny, 1.36g/6h (E 684, this piece illustrated; N –; BW. 294) [4]. E 684 with metal fault in centre of reverse otherwise very fine and extremely rare, E 682 fine and overstruck on a 1653 Farthing of John Jarvis of St Katharine’s [N 8391], others in varied state £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: E 680 Norweb Collection [from Spink]; E 681 and 682 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; *E 684 found in the R. Thames, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 262 [from R.A. Shuttlewood March 1987], R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 680