British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

Middlesex (Rural), Hackney, T.A.B. at the tavern, Farthing, 0.96g/6h (N 9142b, this piece; BW. 55); John Braine, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.92g/9h (N 9139b, this piece; BW. 56); I.H.C. at the pie taverne, Farthing, 1656, 1.13g/12h (N 9143; BW. 57); John Davis, Farthings, 1667 (2), 0.90g/9h (N 9135, this piece; BW. 58), 1.17g/12h (N 9136, this piece; BW. 58); Ann Nickolls, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.14g/12h (N 9218; BW. 60); J[ohn] P[eppiatt], Farthings (5), 0.96g/6h (RHT A1; N 9140, this piece; BW. 61), 1.11g/6h (RHT B2; dies not in N; BW. 61), 1.03g/6h (RHT C3; N 9141b, this piece; BW. 61), 0.76g/6h (RHT D4; dies not in N; BW. 61), 0.97g/6h (RHT D5; dies not in N; BW. 61); William Perry, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.16g/6h (N 9137, this piece; BW. 62); William Procter, Halfpenny, 2.39g/12h (N 9138; BW. 63); Richard Rawlinson, Farthing, 1663, 0.90g/6h (N –; D 63A) [14]. N 9138 good very fine with reflective patina, RHT B2, D4 and D5 in varied state, others fine to very fine, some better; an exceptional group for the locality and the pick of the Thompson collection, no duplicates £700-£900

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 9135, 9139, 9140 and 9141 W.D. Gilbert Collection, R.A. Nott Collection [from Baldwin], Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 716 (part); N 9136 and 9142 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 716 (part) [from Baldwin]; *N 9137 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 716 (part); N 9138 and RHT D5 bt Baldwin July 1998; N 9143 P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 340 (part) [from R.A. Shuttlewood July 1983]; N 9218 SNC December 1997 (6276); D 63A found in Northamptonshire, bt P. Waddell October 2013; RHT B2 bt N.A. Clark January 1977; RHT D4 bt February 1982