Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Southwark, Borough High Street, Francis Mortimor, Farthing, 0.71g/12h (E 482; N –; BW. 64); C.P. the rose and crowne, Farthing, 1649, 1.15g/6h (E 485; N 4873; BW. 82); W.P. at the kings head, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (E 487; N 4867, this piece; BW. 78 and 176); W.P. [three hats], uniface Farthing, 2.10g (E 489, this piece illustrated; N 4826, this piece; BW. 178) [4]. Fair to fine, last extremely rare and perhaps the only known specimen £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of South London formed by Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: E 482 and 485 Sir Richard Hayward Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lots 81, 82 (parts) [485 from Seaby January 1970]; others R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, C. Danehower Collection, DNW Auction 141, 14-16 June 2017, lot 920 (part).

The reference to an example of E 489 formerly in the Rose collection is incorrect (cf. DNW T19, 205)