British Tokens

London (City), Basinghall Street, Richard Buckland, Penny, 4.93g/6h (N –; BW. 135), I.M.W. at the blewcote boy, Farthing, 0.99g/6h (N 6535 obv., different rev.; D 140A); Basing Lane, B.A. at the ball, Farthing, 1659, 0.96g/6h (N 6530; BW. 142), Samuel Broxon, Farthing, 1656, 1.15g/6h (N –; BW. 144), I.G. at the whit hors, Farthings (2), 1.44g/6h, 0.61g/6h (both N 6532; BW. 148); Beech Lane, Edward Marshall, Halfpence, 1668 (2), 1.63g/12h, 1.55g/12h (both N –; BW. 167) [8]. N 6530 very fine, BW. 135 mediocre, others generally fine or better £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens Formed by the Late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: *N 6530 bt Baldwin January 1989; N 6532 at 1.44g bt Baldwin February 1988; N 6532 at 0.61g found in the R. Thames; N 6535 var. bt Baldwin 1999; BW. 135 bt Baldwin 1989; BW. 144 J.L. Wetton Collection, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 86 (part) [from R.A. Shuttlewood May 1986]; BW. 167 at 1.63g J.L. Wetton Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 139 (part), P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 89 (part); BW. 167 at 1.55g bt Baldwin 1986