British Tokens

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Covent Garden, W[illiam] C[lifton], Farthing, 1.20g/6h (N 8681; BW. 737); William Farncombe, Farthing, 1654, 1.09g/6h (N 8677; BW. 738); G[eorge] G[ascoigne], Farthing, 1.09g/6h (N 8680 obv., different rev.; BW. 739); W[illiam] L[ong], Farthing, 1.29g/6h (N 8683; BW. 740); John Minchin, Halfpenny, 1664, 1.69g/6h (N –; BW. 742) [5]. Varied state £50-£70

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens Formed by the Late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: N 8677 found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate; N 8680 var. and 8681 SCMB May 1982 (M63, M64), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 143 (part) [from Seaby March 1982 as pre-SCMB purchases]; BW. 742 Sotheby Auction, 20-1 July 1983, lot 521 (part), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 143 (part)