Tickets and Passes, Important British Trade Tokens, Coin Weights

Lichfield, John Burnes, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.11g/3h (N 4202 obv., different rev.; BW. 28); Tho[mas] Catterbancke, Farthing, 1.01g/6h (BW. 30); Edward Milward, Halfpenny, 1.10g/9h (N 4203; BW. 31); Thomas Minors, Farthings (2), 1656, 0.83g/12h (BW. 32), 1660, 1.00g/12h (BW. 35); Josiah Mosse, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.65g/9h (N 4204; BW. 36); John Quinton, Farthing, 1659, 0.85g/12h (BW. 39) [7]. BW. 30 and 32 very fine, BW. 28 fine, others fair, several rare; a good city group, only lacking one issuer (£200-250)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, Staffordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Geoffrey Kay Collection.

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Provenance:
BW. 31 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark April 1979
BW. 39 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark November 1978
Others bt N.A. Clark [28 in September 1978, 30 and *32 in October 1989, 35 in March 1978, 36 in June 1977].

John Burnes, mercer, bailiff; Thomas Catterbancke, mercer; Edward Milward, stationer; Thomas Minors (†1677), mercer, MP for Lichfield in the 1650s, founded and endowed the Free School in Bere street in 1670; Josiah Mosse, ironmonger; John Quinton, mercer. The rev. die used to strike John Burnes’ token is a later production than that used for the Norweb specimen