17th Century Tokens, High Street [?Aldgate], G.A.H. next to the chek ker, 0.97g/6h (BW. 1351); Holborn, William Blow, Halfpenny, 1.82g/9h (BW. 1370); William Whetston, Farthing, 1653, 0.99g/6h (BW. 1482); Honey Lane Market [Cheapside], Cha[rles] Danvers, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.10g/12h (BW. 1497) [4]. Second very fine, last good fine, both very rare, others fair to fine (£60-80)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Mrs Dora Harris.

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Provenance:
BW. 1351 bt September 1988; *BW. 1370 J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 194 (part); BW. 1482 bt April 1989; BW. 1497 found in the R. Thames on the Bankside, near Cardinal’s Wharf, 1986, bt R. Sharman August 1986.

William Whetstone, overseer of St Giles in the Fields, 1655