17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

Metropolitan Middlesex, Saltpetre Yard [East Smithfield], W.E.B. at the cock, Farthing, 1653, 1.22g/6h (N –; BW. 2741). Very fine and extremely rare; the only issue for the location £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: Found in the R. Thames at Tower Pier, outside the Tower of London, 1983; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 557 (part) [from R. Sharman January 1984]; bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014