17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Clare Market [Aldwych], John Henderson, Halfpenny, 2.19g/7h (N 8671, this piece; D 646A; BW. Cambridgeshire 160; BW. Suffolk 271), Robert Mynn, Halfpenny, 2.64g/6h (N 8669a, this piece; D 650A; BW. Cambridgeshire 161; BW. Suffolk 272); Clare Street, Richard Andrews, Halfpenny, 1.46g/9h (N 8673; BW. 642); Clerkenwell, Christo: Anderton, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.70g/9h (N 7886, this piece; BW. 657), Thomas Broune, Halfpenny, 1667, 0.67g/4h (N 7887, this piece; BW. 658) [5]. N 7886 mediocre, N 7887 pierced, others mostly about fine, some very rare £80-£100

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

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Provenance: N 7886 and 7887 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867b (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 585 (part); N 8669 and 8671 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 666 (part); N 8673 D.L. Smith Collection (from Seaby October 1971), bt N.A. Clark February 2007