British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Middlesex (Metropolitan), High Holborn, William Booden, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.30g/12h (N –; BW. 1372); Robert Panton, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N –; D 1447A); L. S[treat], Farthing, 1652, 1.05g/6h (N –; BW. 1454) [3]. Good fine, all very rare £140-£180

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: *BW. 1372 J.L. Wetton Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 151 (part) [from R.A. Shuttlewood June 1987]; D 1447A J.L. Wetton Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 195 (part), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 151 (part); BW. 1454 P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 151 (part) [from N.A. Clark September 1983].

The surname of the issuer of BW. 1454 is confirmed by a reference in Mercurius Publicus, September/October 1661, quoted on the Greenall envelope with the lot