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BRITISH TOKENS, Tooley Street, William Greening, Farthing, 0.75g/12h (E 970, this piece; N –; D 440A); John Harris, Farthing, 1.25g/6h (E 971, this piece illustrated; N 5113; BW. 441); John Hicks, Farthing, 0.88g/12h (E 973; N –; BW. 442); John Ibbott, Halfpenny, 0.94g/9h (E 975; N –; BW. 444); William Kelin, Farthing, 1658, 1.23g/3h (E 976, this piece illustrated; N –; BW. 445) [5]. E 970 fine and extremely rare, E 975 good fine and with ‘river’ patina, others about fine, all very rare £200-300

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 970 found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate, bt Baldwin; E 971 SCMB May 1971, Norweb Collection; E 973 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark; *E 975 found in the R. Thames, bt M. Vosper 2002; E 976 J.L. Wetton Collection, SNC August 2001 (TT 1333)