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BRITISH TOKENS, Jacob Street, John Burton, Farthing, 0.89g/6h (E 655, this piece illustrated; N 4939, this piece; BW. 273); W.A.C. the bvnch of grapes, Farthing, 0.77g/12h (E 658; N 4941; BW. 274); Thomas Geskinge, Farthing, 1666, 0.30g/9h (E 661; N –; BW. 276); Richard Lee, Farthing, 1657, 0.71g/12h (E 662; N 4940, this piece; BW. 277); John Preston, Halfpenny, [16]68, 1.32g/3h (E 665; N 4942b, this piece; BW. 279) [5]. E 665 about fine, others in varied state, some rare, especially E 655 £80-100

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 655 and *665 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 658 P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 260 (part) [acquired 1991], T. Coker Collection, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1831 (part) [from M. Trenerry]; E 661 found in the R. Thames; E 662 Norweb Collection