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

Quentin Archer

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№ 901

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2 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£170

Southwark, Tooley Street, R.M.C., the blew anker tavern, Farthing, 0.98g/6h (E 957; N 5127; BW. 428); T.A.C. ye white lion, Farthing, [16]57, 1.21g/12h (E 958, this piece illustrated; N 5139; BW. 429); Nehemiah Drought, Farthings (2), 1.15g/6h (E 965; N 5110; BW. 436), 0.69g/6h (E 966; N 5110 obv., different rev.; BW. 436); Edeth Edlinson, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.55g/12h (E 967; N 5111; BW. 437); Will Ellis, Farthing, 0.83g/12h (E 968; N 5135; BW. 438) [6]. E 958 fine, others in varied state, E 966 pierced, E 968 cracked £80-£100

Provenance: E 966 with Seaby 1973, bt S.H. Monks June 2010; E 967 D.P. White Collection, Stride Auction (Chichester), 6 February 2009, lot 700 (part); others Sir Richard Hayward Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 107 (part) [957 and 965 from Seaby 1970, 958 from Baldwin November 1975, 968 from Seaby 1973]