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17th Century Tokens from the Collection formed by Edgar Guest

Edgar Guest

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№ 279

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7 December 2015

Hammer Price:
£190

ESSEX, Colchester, Alex[ander] Satterthwaite, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.37g/6h (N 1218; BW. 146); John Scolden, Farthing, 1670, 0.86g/3h (N 1219; BW. 147); John Sewell, Farthing, 1653, 1.21g/6h (N 1220; BW. 148); Nathaniel Strickson, Farthings, 1658 (2), 0.97g/6h (N 1223; BW. 150), 1.18g/6h (N 1224; BW. 150); Giles Toyspell, Halfpence, 1668 (2), 1.34g/9h, 0.96g/9h (both N 1228; BW. 153); James Tayspell, Farthings (2), 1.05g/6h, 0.87g/6h (both N 1242, latter this piece; BW. 156), Halfpence, 1668 (2), 1.08g/3h, 0.95g/3h (both N 1229; BW. 154) [11]. Last mediocre, others fine to very fine £150-200

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Provenance: N 1218, 1228 at 1.34g and 1229 at 1.08g bt April 1975; N 1219 bt N.A. Clark October 1999; N 1220 bt October 1983; N 1223 Eileen Judson Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 414 (part), bt N.A. Clark October 2003; N 1224 W.G. Wright Collection, W.J. Noble Collection, Part II, Noble Numismatics Pty Auction 61B (Melbourne), 3-4 August 1999, lot 38 (part), bt N.A. Clark October 1999; N 1228 at 0.96g SNC November 1999 (4664); N 1229 at 0.95g bt H. Simmons May 2004; N 1242 at 1.05g SNC February 1996 (412); N 1242 at 0.87g R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946 (CT 12, part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, SNC October 1989 (5458), SNC September 1998 (6220)