Middlesex (Metropolitan), Cockpit [Whitehall Palace], John Scott, Halfpenny, 1.87g/6h (N 8675, this piece; BW. 699); Covent Garden, William Clifton, Halfpenny, 1.92g/5h (N 8682, this piece; BW. 736), W[illiam] C[lifton], Farthing, 1.00g/6h (N 8681, this piece; BW. 737), William Farncombe, Farthing, 1654, 1.18g/6h (N 8677, this piece; BW. 738), G[eorge] G[ascoigne], Farthing, 0.64g/6h (N 8680; BW. 739) [5]. Fair to good fine, N 8677 very rare, N 8675 extremely rare £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: N 8675 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 666 (part); N 8677 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867b (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 669 (part), bt S.H. Monks April 2012; N 8680 bt TimeLine August 2010; *N 8681 and 8682 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 668 (part).

Samuel Pepys writes in his diary for 1 December 1660 “...and there fell into our company old Mr Flower and another gentleman, who did tell us that a Scotch Knight was killed basely the other day at the Fleece in Covent-garden – where there hath been a great many formerly killed.” William Farncombe, oilman. William Clifton, vintner. George Gascoigne (†1661), vintner