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City of London, Bishopsgate Street, Edw[ard] Nourse, Farthing, 1666, his farthinge worth of copper next the bvll, 6.74g/12h (N 6592; BW. 247; Berry, Pepys p.33). Good fine to very fine, rare; considerably superior to the Norweb specimen £300-400

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

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Provenance: London Coins Auction 136 (Bracknell), 3 March 2012, lot 1458.

Edward Nourse (1624-90), girdler, married Mary Wells, 1649