Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Middlesex (Metropolitan), The Bulwark [Tower Hill], Thomas Stares, Farthing, 1653, 1.11g/6h (N 8168a, this piece; BW. 448); Bulwark Gate, Richard Goodwin, Farthing, 0.87g/5h (N 8170, this piece; BW. 445), Henry Hayward, Farthing, 0.93g/6h (N 8171b, this piece; BW. 446), R.I.S. at the crooked billit, 0.90g/9h (N 8172, this piece; BW. 447) [4]. Fair to fine, N 8170 and 8171 very rare £90-£120

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 8168 and N 8171 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 619 (part); N 8170 and N 8172 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction 21-3 November 1956, lot 867b (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 619 (part).

Richard Goodwin of St Dunstan in the East married Dorcas Morris 1634. Henry Hayward, grocer