Auction Catalogue

14 December 2004

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Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 942

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14 December 2004

Hammer Price:
£210

17th Century Tokens, Devon, Plymouth, William Tom, Farthing, 1664, 0.57g/12h (BW –). Fine and clear, extremely rare, believed the only specimen known (£120-150)

Provenance:
DNW Auction 49, 21 March 2001, lot 587, where the weight is incorrectly stated.

William Tom, grocer. The full reading is:
obv. mm. mullet, william (cinquefoil) tom (two cinquefoils), 1664 in centre, rev. mm. mullet, in (cinquefoil) plymoth: (cinquefoil): (cinquefoil): (cinquefoil), wt in centre