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The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of South London formed by Quentin Archer

Quentin Archer

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№ 795

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2 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£150

Bermondsey, Jacob Street, John Burton, Farthing, 0.80g/12h (E 656; N 4939 rev., different obv.; BW. 273); N.I.C., lead Farthing, 3.02g (E 657; N –; BW. –); W.A.C. the bvnch of grapes, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (E 658; N 4941; BW. 274); Richard Lee, Farthing, 1657, 0.56g/12h (E 662; N 4940; BW. 277); John Preston, Halfpenny, [16]68, 2.01g/6h (E 665; N 4942; BW. 279) [5]. First three fine, E 655 with verdigris spots on obverse and E 658 double-struck, others in varied state, some very rare £120-£150

Provenance: E 656 bt N.A. Clark September 2010; E 657 bt May 2015; E 658 DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 345 (part); E 662 bt March 2010; E 665 W. Gilbert Collection, Sir Richard Hayward Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 92 (part) [from Baldwin]

The first item is E 656. The second item is not uniface