British Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Wiltshire Coins and Paranumismatica

17th Century Tokens, Marlborough, Borough Farthings, 1668 (3), 1.99g/12h (N 5504; BW. 123-5), 1.15g/6h N 5505; BW. 123-5), 1.43g/12h (N 5506; BW. 123-5); John [and Nathaniel] Bayly, Farthings (2), 1.43g/12h (N 5507; BW. 126), 0.68g/6h (dies not in N; BW. 126); Robert Briant, D[aniel] S[mith and] E[dward] S[outhwood], Farthing, 0.63g/12h (N 5508; BW. 127); Robert Butcher, Farthing, 1663, 0.56g/3h (N 5509; BW. 128); Henry Coleman, Farthing, 0.84g/12h (N 5510; BW. 130); Will Crabbe, Farthing, 1664, 0.68g/6h (N 5511; BW. 132), William Crabbe, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.02g/12h (N 5512; BW. 131); Edward Delamaine, Farthing, 1665, 0.66g/9h (N 5513; BW. 134); John Hammond, Farthing, [16]66, 0.93g/12h (N 5514b, this piece; BW. 135) [12]. Generally about fine, N 5509, 5513 and 5514 better £240-£300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Wiltshire Coins, Tokens and Paranumismatica formed by the late David Ward.

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Provenance: N 5508 bt C.M. Rowe; N 5513 bt R. Gladdle; *N 5514 W. Longman Collection, Glendining Auction, 12-13 March 1958, lot 452 (part), Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 149, 15 November 2000, lot 24, bt N.A. Clark; BW. 126 var bt August 2007.

John (†1668) and Nathaniel Bailey, brothers, grocers; Robert Briant (†by 1662), grocer, Quaker; Robert Butcher, grocer; Henry Coleman, grocer, first wife Jane (†1661), second wife Elizabeth; William Crabbe, grocer; Edward Delamaine, glover; John Hammond, bookseller, married Katherine Lawrence 1637; Daniel Smith, Quaker; Edward Southwood, Quaker