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

Quentin Archer

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№ 869

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2 February 2022

Hammer Price:
£320

Southwark, Horselydown Old Stairs, W.K.F. the shvger loef, Farthing, 1.19g/12h (E 648, this piece illustrated; N 4936 rev., different obv.; BW. 253); Katherine Minter, Halfpenny, 2.26g/12h (E 651; N 4934; BW. 264); W.T.V. at the greene man, Farthing, 0.76g/6h (E 653; N 4935; BW. 271) [3]. First about fine and with extensive die flaw on reverse, second very fine and superior to the Everson plate piece, last excavated; first and last extremely rare and the only specimens listed by Everson £150-£200

Provenance: E 648 Sir Richard Hayward Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 91 (part), recté E 648 [from R. Sharman]; *E 651 A Collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens, Spink Auction 210, 6-7 October 2011, lot 330 (part); E 653 bt June 2013