Historical Medals and Tokens

City of London, Billingsgate, S.M.B. at the qveens head, Farthing, 1.00g/12h (N 6558; BW. 196); R[obert] C[ash], Farthing, 1663, 0.53g/6h (N 6552; BW. 198); John Eldridge, octagonal Halfpenny, 1.70g/6h (N 6553; BW. 199); V[alentine] H[ayward], Farthings (2), 1650, 1.15g/6h (N 6557; BW. 200), [16]57, 0.80g/12h (N –; D 200A) [5]. N 6552 and 6557 fine, latter with ‘river’ patina, others fair, D 200A very rare £80-100

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 6552 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 824 (part); N 6553 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [acquired December 1987]; N 6557 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 301 (part); N 6558 bt K. Pryke June 2012; D 200A bt R. Parkes February 2003.

Robert Cash († by 1667), innholder, The Mermaid, from 1663, wife’s name Anne; John Eldridge, fishmonger, fl. 1682; Valentine Hayward (†1663), innholder, The Mermaid, 1650, married twice, to Joan Green, 1643, then Joan Harward, 1654