The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens Formed by the Late Cole Danehower

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Lincoln’s Inn Fields, S.E.L., Farthing, 1657, 0.70g/12h (N –; D 1706C; SCMB May 1983, p.123, 9, this piece); Little Drury Lane, Richard Rich, Halfpenny, changer of farthings, 1.91g/12h (N 8767; BW. 880); Little Tower Hill, Rob Atkinson, Farthing, 0.77g/3h (N 8292; BW. 1740), Elizabeth Geoage, Farthings (2), 1.23g/9h, 1.15g/12h (both N –; BW. 1746) [5]. Second fair, others good fine to very fine, first and third with ‘river’ patina, all rare £200-£260

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens Formed by the Late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: N 8292 found in the R. Thames at Tower Bridge, bt Baldwin; N 8767 with N.A. Clark, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 144 (part) [from R.A. Shuttlewood June 1983]; D 1706C found in the R. Thames, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 154 (part) [from Seaby September 1981]; *BW. 1746 at 1.23g bt Baldwin; BW. 1746 at 1.15g J.L. Wetton Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 205 (part), SNC April 1994 (2913)