British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Westminster Abbey, F.A.H. at the broken cross, Farthing, 1659, 1.53g/6h (N 9057; BW. Middlesex 247); Wheeler Street [Spitalfields], Alexander Byrchet, Halfpenny, 1.58g/6h (N 8575; BW. 3378); Whitechapel, Richard Cave, Halfpenny, 2.20g/9h (N –; D 3395A), I.E.F. the tobacke rovld and hovp, Farthing, 1.03g/6h (N –; BW. 3404), H.I.H. at the 2 black boyes, Farthing, 1.24g/6h (N 8612; BW. 3412), Sam Hincks, Halfpenny, 1669, 0.64g/12h (N –; BW. 3414), Nath. Littleford, Farthing, 1.13g/6h (N –; BW. 3418), P.T. at the nagges head, Farthing, 1660, 0.87g/9h (N –; BW. 3415, recté P.T.) [8]. First four and last fine to very fine, others in varied state, N 8612 also pierced in edge, mostly very rare £150-£200

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 8575, 8612 and BW. 3414 bt Seaby October 1972; N 9057 with Seaby 1959, bt Seaby April 1968; *D 3395A R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 656 (part); BW. 3404 with Seaby 1972, bt Seaby March 1975; BW. 3415 bt N.A. Clark February 1977; BW. 3418 bt S.H. Monks.

Although the style of D 3395A is questionable, it is thought to be a contemporary issue and not related to the Victorian fantasies illustrated on pl. 65 of Norweb VIII