British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

Middlesex (Metropolitan), White Hart Yard [The Strand], John Pearson, Halfpenny, 0.96g/9h (N 9063, this piece noted; BW. 3492), Humphry Vaughan, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.79g/12h (N 9335; BW. 3494); White Horse Street [Ratcliff], Thomas Railton, Farthing, 1.22g/6h (N 8581; BW. 3497); The Woolstaple [Bridge Street], Robert Williams, Farthing, 0.64g/3h (N 9068; BW. 3540); Wych Street [Aldwych], John Shaw, Halfpenny, 1.12g/12h (N –; D 3543B) [5]. N 9335 fine, others good fine and better, D 3543B with ‘river’ patina, some very rare £150-£200

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 8581 and 9335 found in the R. Thames, bt Baldwin; *N 9063 and D 3543B J.L. Wetton Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 188 (part) [9063 from R.A. Shuttlewood August 1987, 3543B from R.A. Shuttlewood June 1987]; N 9068 found in the R. Thames at Queenhithe Front, bt Baldwin