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Sold between 30 September & 1 December 2020

3 parts

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The Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Robert Thompson

Robert Thompson

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Lot

№ 165

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30 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£260

London (City), Ludgate Hill, M.M.N. at the s iohns head, Farthing, 1649, 0.86g/6h (N –; BW. 1850); Ludgate Street, I.E.H. at the s iohns head tavern, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 7313; BW. 1845), G.G.P. at the dogg tavern, Farthing, 0.99g/6h (N –; BW. 1851); Milk Street [Cheapside], Rich. Lukey, Farthing, 0.71g/12h (N 7326 obv., different [earlier] rev.; BW. 1903), William Rixon, Halfpenny, 1.47g/12h (N 7329; BW. 1904) [5]. About fine and better, BW. 1851 rare £90-£120

Provenance: N 7313 bt J. Whitmore December 1994; N 7326 var R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 656 (part); N 7329 bt March 1974; BW. 1850 SCMB April 1972; *BW. 1851 D.L. Smith Collection [from Seaby August 1971], bt N.A. Clark