Ancient, British and World Coins and Banknotes, to include the Professor Jeffrey P Mass Collection of English Short Cross Coins, 1180-1247 (Part II) and British Medals from the James Spencer Collection (Part III)

17th Century, Kent, Aylesford, Edmon[d] Smith, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (BW. 20); Benenden, Richard Grant, Farthing, 1.02g/6h (BW. 21) [2]. First fair, second mediocre, both very rare; the only correctly attributed issuers for these towns (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of Kent formed by the late Robert Hogarth.

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Provenance:
BW. 20 L. Clements Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 May 1937, lot 94 (part), Sir G.E. Duveen Collection, bt Baldwin January 1997
BW. 21 V.J. Newbury Collection, bt Baldwin July 1997.

Edmond Smith, grocer; Richard Grant, grocer