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The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens Formed by the Late Cole Danehower

Cole Danehower

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№ 526

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3 October 2019

Hammer Price:
£240

London (City), Cloth Fair, William Bincks, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.56g/9h (N 6793; BW. 673); Tho. Milbourn, Farthings (2), 0.89g/12h, 0.70g/12h (both N –; D 685B); John Thornton, Farthing, 1.41g/6h (N –; D –); George Wallis, Farthing, 0.54g/12h (N –; BW. 691); William Wittingam, Farthing, 1657, 0.89g/9h (N –; BW. 692) [6]. Fourth fair to fine but extremely rare, perhaps unpublished, BW. 691 very fine, others fine and better, several rare £240-£300

Provenance: N 6793 bt Baldwin November 1990; D 685B at 0.89g F. Sedgwick Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 14, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 98 (part); D 685B at 0.70g found in the R. Thames; *BW. 691 SNC April 2000 (1868); BW. 692 Carnegie Museum Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 266 (part), bt Baldwin January 1991; Thornton bt Baldwin 1995