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Sold on 26 April 2023

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The James Lamb Collection of 17th Century Tokens of the London Borough of Stepney

James Lamb

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№ 88

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26 April 2023

Hammer Price:
£180

East Smithfield, Elen Norrice, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.00g/12h (N 8202; BW. 939); G.A.P. the new qveenes head, Farthing, 0.71g/6h (N 8205, this piece; BW. 940, 2870); I.M.P. next the maremaide, Farthing, 1.11g/6h (N 8215; BW. 941); R.E.P. at the whit croos, Farthing, 1.09g/6h (N 8213; BW. 942); Dixy Page, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.77g/12h (N –; BW. 943) [5]. About fine and better, first crimped, mostly rare, particularly the last £150-£200

N 8205 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 620 (part) [from Baldwin], Q.D.R. Archer Collection, Part V, DNW Auction 176, 26 May 2020, lot 78 (part); others A Collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens, the property of a Gentleman, Part I, St James’s Auction 35, 9 February 2016, lot 320 (part)