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The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Sir Richard Hayward, C.B.E.

Sir Richard Hayward, C.B.E.

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№ 85

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£250

Borough High Street, John Warner, Halfpenny, 1.83g/12h (E 538; N –; BW. 174); John West, Farthing, 0.80g/6h (E 542; N 4842; BW. 105); Francis White, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.66g/9h (E 544; N 4843; BW. 107); William Wigfall, Halfpenny, 2.57g/6h (E 545; N 4844; BW. 108) [4]. E 538 fine, E 544 very fine, others in varied state, E 545 rare
£150-200

Provenance: E 538 bt Baldwin 1975; E 542 bt Stanley Gibbons February 1980; *E 544 found with four other tokens in a leather purse on the north bank of the R. Thames, east of Blackfriars bridge, bt Seaby 1980