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

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Shoreditch, E.E.H. at the cros dagers, Farthing, 1656, 0.90g/6h (N –; BW. 2820); Somerset House [The Strand], R.M.L., Farthing, 1.59g/6h (N 8947; BW. 2992); Southampton Buildings [Chancery Lane], Tho. Kencie, Halfpenny, 1.70g/6h (N 8139; BW. 2925); Spitalfields, Ralph Wilkes, Halfpenny, mm. rose, 2.39g/3h (dies not in N; BW./D –); Stanhope Street [Clare Market], F.R.I., lead Farthing, 2.03g/12h (N –; D –) [5]. About very fine, N 8947 with ‘river’ patina, last two with some surface verdigris, all very rare £150-£200

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 8139 and *fourth P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 176 (part) [8139 from N.A. Clark November 1976, fourth from N.A. Clark September 1989]; N 8947 found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate, bt Baldwin; BW. 2820 found in the R. Thames at Southwark North Riverside, bt Baldwin; last found in the R. Thames ‘near the Tower’, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 176 (part) [from M. Chapple July 1984]