17th Century Tokens, Wethersfield, Samuell Fitch, Farthing, 1.15g/12h (D 342A, recorded from this specimen; Judson 342a, this piece). Fine detail weak but clear, about fine, the only known specimen (£300-400)

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

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Provenance:
Bt I.R. Buck.

Samuel Fitch, mercer, lived at Lophams, near Finchingfield. The token, first published in Caesaromagus, issue 11 [1971], reads, mm. five-point mullet both sides, samvell·fitch:, Mercers’ arms, rev. in:wethersfeild, sf, 10-point rosette above and below. This and the next lot comprise the only two issues for the village