17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

SUFFOLK, Bury St Edmunds, Edmund Heasel, Farthing, 1664, 1.12g/12h (N 4281; BW. 65); Clare, William Cadge, Farthing, 1655, 0.85g/12h (N 4304; BW. 95), George Crisp, Farthing, 1656, 0.91g/6h (N 4306; BW. 97), Richard Crisp, Farthing, 1656, 0.90g/6h (N 4307; BW. 98); Cratfield, John Williams, Halfpenny, 1.88g/6h (N 4314; BW. 105); Eye, Nathaniel Flowerdevo, Farthing, 0.94g/6h (N 4325; BW. 121); Haverhill, John Boram, Farthing, 1658, 0.99g/6h (N 4346; BW. 147), Robert Darkin, Farthing, 1656, 0.90g/6h (N 4347; BW. 149); Ipswich, Borough Farthings, 1670 (4), 3.98g/6h, 2.90g/6h, 2.21g/6h (all N 4352; BW. 158-9), 2.67g/6h (N 4354; BW. 158-9); Lowestoft, Corporation Farthings, 1669, naming Robert Barker and Joseph Smithson (2, same dies), 3.50g/6h, 3.48g/6h (N 4401; BW. 225); Long Melford, Andrew Byat, Farthing, 1652, 0.79g/6h (N 4409; BW. 232); Mildenhall, Robert Cooke, Farthing, 1668, 0.76g/3h (N 4419; BW. 246); Saxmundham, Nicholas Shepherd, Farthings (2), 0.88g/6h, 0.84g/6h (both N 4446; BW. 289); Southwold, Borough Halfpenny, 1667, 1.33g/6h (N 4454; BW. 294), Daniell More, Farthing, 1663, 0.53g/9h (N 4456; BW. 297); Stoke-by-Clare, James Smith, Farthings, 1655 (2), 1.10g/6h, 0.85g/6h (N 4466; BW. 307), Halfpenny, 1670, 2.92g/12h (N 4467; BW. 306); Walsham-le-Willows, Stephen Vincent, Farthing, 0.77g/6h (N 4493; BW. 351); Woodbridge, Parish Halfpenny, 1670, 1.51g/12h (N 4495; BW. 357), Henry Stebbing, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.17g/9h (N 4499; BW. 361) [26]. N 4314, 4401 at 3.48g, both N 4446 and 4495 about fine and better, others in varied state £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 4281, 4347 and 4467 Henry Spencer Auction (Retford), 3 January 2014, lot 527 (part); N 4304, 4306, 4307 and both 4466s bt S. Cutts December 2006; N 4314, 4325, all 4352s, 4354, both 4401s, 4409, both 4446s, 4454, 4456, 4493 and 4499 DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lots 284, 288, 318, 340 (parts) [4401 at 3.50g from I. Jull]; N 4346 Croydon Coin Auction 103, 9 September 1992, lot 204; N 4495 Tennants Auction (Leyburn), 2 May 2012, lot 260 (part)