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21–23 September 2016

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Lot

№ 36

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21 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£240

City of London, Little Eastcheap [Eastcheap], I.A.R. at the globe, Farthing, 1.05g/4h (N 7257 obv., different rev.; BW. 1731; Berry, Pepys p.89). Very fine, ‘river’ patina, very rare £80-100

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

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Provenance: Found in the R. Thames on the north bank near London Bridge, 1983; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 516 (part) [from R. Sharman November 1983]