17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

OXFORDSHIRE, Banbury, Nathaniell Wheatly, Farthing, 1664, 0.98g/12h (N 3586; BW. 32); Burford, Thomas Mathewes, Farthings (3), 0.94g/6h (N 3604; BW. 48), 1.56g/6h, 0.90g/6h (both N 3605; BW. 48), John Sindriy, Farthing, 1653, 0.92g/6h (N 3602; BW. 52), Chipping Norton, William Diston, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.31g/3h (N 3624; BW. 61), Henley-on-Thames, Borough Halfpenny, 1669, 1.07g/9h (N 3644; BW. 91); Oxford, Thomas Hunsdon, Farthing, 1666, 1.22g/6h (N 3696; BW. 145), Ann Peirson, Farthing, 1669, 0.94g/6h (N 3712; BW. 159), Richard Pont, Farthing, 1668, 0.76g/6h (N 3713; BW. 160), John Souch, Farthing, 1657, 1.15g/6h (N 3721; BW. 168), Richard Souch, Farthing, 0.89g/12h (N 3723; BW. 169), Thomas Stevenson, Farthing, 1664, 0.87g/6h (N 3725; BW. 171), John Tey, Farthing, 0.83g/12h (N 3741; BW. 172); Thame, Ruth Aeris, Farthing, 0.47g/6h (N 3786; BW. 193); Watlington, Nicholas Lankford, Farthing, 0.69g/12h (N 3824; BW. 220); Witney, Andrew Hollaway, Farthing, 1659, 0.48g/6h (N 3842; BW. 236), John Palmer, Farthing, 1656, 1.14g/6h (N 3845; BW. 240) [18]. N 3696 about very fine, N 3644 about fine, others in varied state, N 3721 pierced £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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N 3786 bt Las Vegas December 2006; N 3824 bt M. Trenerry 2013; N 3842 bt S.H. Monks December 2013; N 3845 bt Helen Eastland March 2008; others DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lots 277, 279, 280, 284, 328 (parts), additionally: N 3605 at 1.56g and 3644 from M. Vosper, N 3605 at 0.90g from Spink, *N 3696 A Collection of Seventeenth Century Tokens, Spink Auction 210, 6-7 October 2011, lot 303 (part), N 3713 and 3717 from J.N. Holman November 2009, N 3723 from M.C.S. Rasmussen January 2010, N 3741 from B. Frank