Tickets and Passes, Important British Trade Tokens, Coin Weights

King’s Bench, R.A.O. neer the bench, Farthing, 1.23g/12h (N 4952; BW. 281), Robert Stonier, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.56g/12h (N 4954; BW. 283); Maid Lane, John Harrisson, Farthing, 1663, 0.81g/9h (N 4957; BW. 299), Will Humphrey, Farthing, 0.37g/3h (N 4961; BW. 300) [4]. First very fine and about as struck, second fair, others fine, first three very rare (£70-90)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens Formed by Tony Coker.

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Provenance:
Bt M. Trenerry, additionally:
*BW. 281 DNW Auction 38, 25 November 1998, lot 302 (part)
BW. 283 J.L. Wetton Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 260 (part) [from N.A. Clark 1990]
Others P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 260 (part) [299 from Spink 1987].

Will Humphrey, baker. The clarity of the specimen of BW. 281 in this lot, from the later die-pairing, confirms the first initial of the issuer as r, not as speculated in SCBI Norweb