Historical Medals and Tokens

City of London, Abchurch Lane, T[homas] C[hubb], Farthing, 1649, 0.91g/6h (N 6428; BW. 1); Ralph Lucas, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.75g/9h (N 6429b, this piece; BW. 3); John Milett, Farthing, 1664, 0.81g/12h (N 6425; BW. 4); W.A.T. at the black horse, Farthing, 0.80g/6h (N 6426, this piece; BW. 8) [4]. N 6425 about very fine, others fair £70-90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: *N 6425 A Collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens, Spink Auction 210, 6-7 October 2011, lot 312 (part); N 6426 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867 (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 243 (part); N 6428 J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 132 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; N 6429 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 243 (part) [from Baldwin].

Ralph Lucas, innholder, The White Bear, destroyed in the Great Fire, September 1666; John Millet, clothworker, married Sarah Wright 1655