Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

17th Century Tokens, SOUTHWARK, St George the Martyr, C.R., octagonal Halfpenny, 1668, 1.48g/6h (N 5080; BW. 355). Overstruck on an otherwise unknown octagonal Halfpenny of John Laithwaite of Wigan (?), Lancs.; some surface pitting, otherwise very fine, ‘Thames’ patina £150-200

Provenance: P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 264 [from R. Shuttlewood January 1982]; bt M.J. Dickinson.

Sold with a note in the hand of Michael Dickinson which includes a full reading of the undertype