The Roy Rains Collection of 17th Century Tokens

17th Century Tokens, Leicestershire, Leicester, Jane Lash, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.84g/12h (N 2833; BW. 39); James Lee, Farthing, 1656, 1.12g/6h (N 2834, different rev. die; BW. 40); John Mason, Farthing, [16]62, 1.03g/6h (BW. 41) [3]. First fine and rare, second very fine, last only mediocre but extremely rare (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Roy Rains Collection of 17th Century Tokens.

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Provenance:
BW. 39 bt 1972; *BW. 40 bt Baldwin 1966; BW. 41 bt Seaby 1974.

Jane Lash, innholder, The King’s Arms [formerly The Lion], Swine market, widow of William Lash (†September 1667); James Lee, mercer, admitted freeman March 1653, married Anna Cave, April 1655, alive 1666; John Mason (†August 1690), baker, St Mary’s, admitted freeman 1650. Sold with relevant photocopies of ‘Notes on Leicester 17th century tokens’ by Mr Rains, published in TCSB December 2002, pp.178-86, which gives further detail. Lee’s farthing is from an earlier rev. die to that shown in SCBI Norweb