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17th Century Tokens, Pleshey, Humfrey Sarient, Farthing, [16]59, 0.87g/12h (N 1337; BW. 253). Poor but very rare, the only issue from this locality (£50-70)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Provenance:
R.A. Nott Collection; Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection [from Spink 1961]; Dr B. Bird Collection, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 266 (part) [from Mrs N late 1960s]; bt N. Clark April 1992.
Humphrey Sarjent (c.1613-1674), haberdasher, married Philippa Smith (b. c.1599), 30 March 1638, she pre-deceasing him