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Sold on 11 December 2002

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The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Mrs Dora Harris

Mrs Dora Harris

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№ 516

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11 December 2002

Hammer Price:
£110

17th Century Tokens, Little Britain [Aldersgate Street], W.E.I. at the govlden globe, Farthing, 1650, 1.17g/6h (BW. 1717); Little Eastcheap, I.A.R. at the globe, Farthing, 1.05g/4h (BW. 1731); Lombard Street, T.M.H. at ye salvtation, Halfpenny, 1.96g/6h (BW. 1753); London Bridge, Edward Muns, Halfpenny, 1668, 2.60g/12h (BW. 1760) [4]. Second very fine and very rare, third fair, others fine (£40-60)

Provenance:
BW. 1717 and 1753 F. Sedgwick Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 29 (part); *BW. 1731 found in the R. Thames on the north bank near London Bridge, 1983, bt R. Sharman November 1983