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The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of South London formed by Quentin Archer

Quentin Archer

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№ 839

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2 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£180

Southwark, Borough High Street, T.C.C. at the cocke, Farthing, 0.88g/6h (E 424; N 4853; BW. 20); Nathaniel Collyer, Farthing, 1651, 1.01g/6h (E 428, this piece illustrated; N 4799; BW. 24); George Corfeild, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.28g/12h (E 429; N 4868; BW. 25); William Davis, Farthing, 0.71g/3h (E 434; N 4803; BW. 30); John Elliott, Halfpenny, [16]67, 1.03g/12h (E 438; N 4805; BW. 34) [5]. Second good very fine, last fair, others fine to very fine, fourth with ‘river’ patina £150-£200

Provenance: E 424 C. Granger Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 146 (part); *E 428 bt N.A. Clark September 2010; E 429 Sir Richard Hayward Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 80 (part) [from Spink February 1973]; E 434 bt D. Webb June 2009; E 438 A.J.H. Coker Collection, DNW Auction T1, 15 December 2005, lot 1826 (part) [from M. Trenerry]