Tokens, Tickets and Passes, Historical Medals

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Berkeley, John Smith, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.43g/12h (N 1440; BW. 4); Bristol, City Farthings (25), square, 3.28g/2h (N 1447; BW. 22), undated, 3.61g/6h (N 1452; BW. 11), 1652 (7), 2.87g/6h (N 1454; BW. 12), 2.64g/6h (N 1458; BW. 12), 3.08g/6h (N 1459; BW. 12), 3.32g/6h (N 1468; BW. 12), 3.37g/6h (N 1470; BW. 12), 3.16g/6h (N 1497; BW. 12), 2.83g/6h (N 1499; BW. 12), cast forgery, 1652, 3.34g/6h (dies not in N; BW. 15), 1660 (2), 2.57g/6h (N 1509 obv./1508 rev.; BW. 17), 3.27g/6h (N 1512; BW. 17), 1662 (11), 3.09g/6h (N 1514; BW. 18), 2.69g/6h (N 1517; BW. 18), 2.43g/6h (N 1531; BW. 18), 3.10g/12h (N 1534; BW. 18), 2.96g/6h (N 1536; BW. 18), 3.20g/6h (N 1538; BW. 18), 2.66g/12h (N 1542; BW. 18), 1.87g/6h (N 1560; BW. 18), 2.53g/6h (N 1573; BW. 18), 2.60g/6h (N 1573 obv./1575 rev.; BW. 18), 3.88g/6h (N 1577; BW. 18), 1670 (2), 2.10g/12h (N 1586; BW. 20), 3.17g/12h (N 1587; BW. 20) [26]. N 1452 and 1587 fine, others in varied state, N 1538 pierced £90-£120

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of 17th Century Tokens formed by a Gentleman Deceased.

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Provenance: N 1440 found near Winchester, bt A. Cherry October 1994; N 1447 bt R. Jeffery August 1992; N 1452 SCMB March 1986 (M 37); N 1454, 1458, 1468, 1470, 1517, 1538, 1573 and 1577 bt M.J. Dickinson February 1988; N 1459 bt Seaby 1978; N 1497, 1512 and 1534 bt Seaby April 1986; N 1499, 1531 and 1536 bt Seaby July 1986; N 1509 var with Seaby 1966; N 1514 bt Seaby August 1971; N 1542 bt October 2003; N 1573 var bt Seaby November 1986