17th Century Tokens, Quendon, H.E.B. in qvenden street, Halfpenny, 1669, 2.02g/6h (N 1340; BW. 255); William Winstanley, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.33g/12h (N 1341; BW. 256) [2]. First with small reverse edge nick at 7 o’clock otherwise about very fine, second fair but rare, the only two issues for this locality (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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BW. 255 illustrated. William Winstanley (1628-98), former barber, then draper and poet who described himself as “a true lover of ingenuity”, wrote a book on the history of the Merchant Tailor’s company in 1668 referred to in Pepys’ Diary, first wife Martha (†1652), second wife Anne, née Prime (†1691); his nephew, William Winstanley, designed the first Eddystone lighthouse