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4 & 5 May 2021

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Lot

№ 770

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5 May 2021

Hammer Price:
£380

Wiltshire, Marlborough, Simon Pike, Farthing, 1667, 0.96g/3h (N 5519, this piece; BW. 140); William Pureur, Farthings (3), 1.02g/6h, 0.99g/6h, 0.76g/6h (all N 5520; BW. 141); Thomas Shippere, Farthings (2), 0.87g/6h, 0.80g/6h (both N 5521; BW. 142); Richard Shipre, Farthings (4), 1.04g/12h (earlier dies not in N; BW. 143), 1.16g/6h, 0.71g/6h, 0.67g/6h (all N 5522; BW. 143); Oliver Shropshire, Farthings, 1665 (2), 0.81g/12h, 0.58g/12h (both N 5523; BW. 144); Jeremiah Sloper, Farthings (2), 1.05g/12h (N 5524; BW. 145), 0.63g/6h (N 5524 obv., different [later] rev.; BW. 145); John Smith, Farthings, 1665 (2), 1.00g/9h, 0.44g/12h (both N 5526; BW. 146) [16]. Generally about fine, some better £240-£300

Provenance: N 5519 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 149, 15 November 2000, lot 23 (part); N 5520 at 1.02g, 5522 at 0.67g, 5523 at 0.81g, 5524 and 5526 at 1.00g bt M.J. Harris February 1979; N 5520 at 0.99g P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 308 (part) [from R. Jeffery July 1985]; N 5520 at 0.76g, N 5521 at 0.87g, N 5522 at 1.16g, 5523 at 0.58g, 5524 var, 5526 at 0.44g and *BW. 143 early dies J. Maitland Collection, BDW Auction 8, 16 November 1994, lot 791 (part) [5520 from M.J. Dickinson September 1987, 5521 from M.J. Dickinson January 1991, 5522 from R. Jeffery December 1990, 5523 from R. Jeffery November 1988, 5524 var from R. Jeffery June 1992, 5526 from N.A. Clark June 1988, BW. 143 from R. Jeffery October 1991]; N 5521 at 0.80g and 5522 at 0.71g J.L. Short Collection, Spink Auction 90, 16 March 1992, lot 644 (part)