Historical Medals and Tokens

City of London, Bishopsgate Street, Tho. Blackborne, Farthings (2), 0.73g/6h (N 6570, this piece; BW. 224), 1.31g/6h (N 6571, this piece; BW. 224); E[dward] D[rayton], Farthings (2), 1.30g/6h (N 6585 rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. 228), 1.23g/6h (N 6585; BW. 228); Robert Finch, Halfpenny, 1.94g/6h (N –; D 229A); G. Harding, Farthing, 0.51g/6h (N –; BW. 233) [6]. N 6570 and 6585 var. very fine, latter with characteristic obverse die flaw, D 229A fine with earthy patina, very rare, others in varied state £120-150

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 6570 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 262 (part); N 6571 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 263 (part) [from Baldwin]; N 6585 DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 301 (part); N 6585 var. G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 189 (part) [from N.A. Clark 1983]; D 229A bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; BW. 233 Wallis & Wallis Auction (Lewes), 12 June 2012, lot 55.

Thomas Blackborn (†1665), merchant tailor, married Susan Holmes 1653; Edward Drayton (†1677), innholder, The Ship, aka the Great James, married 1651; G. Harding, baker