Auction Catalogue

4 & 5 May 2021

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Lot

№ 735

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5 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£440

Suffolk, Ipswich, Borough Farthings, 1670 (7), 4.45g/6h (N 4351a, this piece; BW. 158-9), 4.21g/6h, 3.13g/6h, 1.87g/6h (all N 4352, second this piece; BW. 158-9), 2.24g/6h (N 4353, this piece; BW. 158-9), 2.42g/12h, 2.15g/12h (both N 4354, latter 4354b, this piece; BW. 158-9), John Burrough, Farthings (2), 0.90g/6h, 0.86g/6h (both N 4362, latter 4362b, this piece; BW. 165), Thomas Burrough, Farthing, 1.18g/6h (N 4361, this piece; BW. 167), R.A.C. at the ipswich tavern, Farthing, 1648, 1.02g/6h (N –; BW. 168); Landguard Point, Governor’s Halfpenny, 1667, 1.86g/12h (N 4389a, this piece; BW. 204), Farthing, 1667, 1.54g/12h (N 4388a, this piece; BW. 205) [13]. N 4388 very fine, others about fine and better, BW. 168 very rare, the earliest Suffolk token £120-£150

Provenance: N 4351, 4353, 4354 and 4361 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, bt Spink July 1996; N 4352 at 4.21g bt N.A. Clark February 1977; N 4352 at 3.13g, *4388 and 4389 Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], bt Spink July 1996; N 4352 at 1.87g bt N.A. Clark April 1976; N 4354 at 2.42g bt N.A. Clark April 1978; N 4362 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, bt Spink July 1996; BW. 168 C. Granger Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 153 (part), bt N.A. Clark