Special Collections

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

№ 249

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30 September 2021

Hammer Price:
£220

Southwark, Pickle Herring Stairs, Edward Brent, Halfpenny, 1668, 3.14g/12h (E 775; N 4995; BW. 340), Thomas Huthinsonn, Halfpenny, 1.68g/6h (E 780; N 4998; BW. 346); Rotherhithe, William Rushley, Farthings (2), 1.08g/6h, 1.07g/6h (both E 805; N 5015; BW. 276), William Simons, Farthing, 0.91g/6h (E 809; N 5018; BW. 279) [5]. E 775 and 805 at 1.07g very fine but former with flan crack, others fine, last scarce £140-£180

Provenance: E 775 and 780 bt Seaby October 1972; E 805 at 1.08g bt R. Gladdle October 2004; E 805 at 1.07g bt Spink December 1995; *E 809 J.L. Wetton Collection, SNC November 1998 (7632)