British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Charterhouse Lane, Francis Bentham, Farthing, 1.02g/12h (N 7870; BW. 558); Chiswell Street, Bryan Tailor, Farthing, 1.16g/12h (N –; BW. 629), John Thomlinson, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.65g/12h (N 7883; BW. 630); Church Lane [Whitechapel], John Stonyer, Farthing, 1658, 1.41g/6h (N 9283; BW. 639) [4]. BW. 629 good very fine, ‘river’ patina, N 9283 good fine, others fair, N 7870 with much surface verdigris £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Robert Thompson.

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Provenance: N 7870 R.J. Carthew Collection, T.O. Mabbott Collection, SCMB February 1971, bt Seaby April 1971; *N 7883 bt Seaby October 1972; N 9283 bt R. Gladdle March 2001; BW. 629 found in the R. Thames outside the Anchor Tavern, Bankside, 1986, bt R. Sharman 1986