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, Farnborough, John Smith, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.33g/3h (N 2555; Wetton pl.6M; BW. Hampshire 65). Good fine and patinated, very rare (£80-100)

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:
Found at Farnborough (Kent) 1990
bt April 1992.

Re-attributed to Farnborough, Kent, on the basis of two 1990 finds, one at Orpington and the other of this specimen