17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Durham Yard [Strand], William Bridger, Farthing, 1663, 0.42g/3h (N –; BW. 898); Eagle Court [Strand], Rich: Haraben, Farthing, 1661, 1.26g/3h (N 8712a, this piece; BW. 2982); Eagle Street [Spitalfields], Richard Dixon, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.01g/12h (N –; BW. 900) [3]. Fine or better, first and last extremely rare and the only issues from these locations
£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 8712 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 668 (part) [from Seaby]; BW. 898 J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 173 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; BW. 900 bt J. Higginbotham May 2015.

P.D. Greenall (BNJ 1991) considered that Eagle Street was in the Holborn area, but it is not clear why he came to that conclusion. A Richard Dixon is recorded in the Spitalfields area in the Hearth Tax Return for Lady Day 1666, so it is more likely that the Eagle Street in that location (also known as Grey Eagle Street) was the place of issue. Unusually, BW. 900 appears to place the initial of the surname on the bottom right of the triad of initials, where the wife’s initial would usually be found