17TH CENTURY TOKENS ASSOCIATED WITH SAMUEL PEPYS
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Exchange Alley, Morat’s Coffee House [Walter Elford], Halfpenny, 1.84g/12h (N 6881; Berry p.121; BW. 968). Flan clip and die flaw on reverse in late stage, otherwise about very fine
£60-80 Provenance: Bt N.A. Clark 1981.
Walter Elford (b. 1611), merchant, proprietor of The Great Turk, fl. 1669
Fenchurch Street, Daniel Rawlinson, Farthing, 1.31g/6h (N 6907; Berry p.65; BW. 994). Some surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise very fine
£30-40 Provenance: Bt Seaby 1965.
Daniel Rawlinson (1614-79), vintner, The Mitre, 1641-79, master of the Vintners Company 1678, wife’s name Margaret (†1666 of the Plague); Rawlinson was a close friend of Samuel Pepys and his establishment was mentioned over 50 times in Pepys’ diary
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Exchange Alley, Morat’s Coffee House [Walter Elford], copper Penny, 5.10g/6h (N 6882; Berry p.121; BW. 965). Weak at top and corresponding on reverse), otherwise fine
£60-80 Provenance: Bt Seaby 1970 197
Fleet Street, William Pagget, Farthing, 0.94g/12h (N 6968; Berry p.73; BW. 1092); Hercules Pillars Alley, William King, Halfpenny, 1664, 2.71g/6h (N 7071; Berry p.67; BW. 1083), John Symonds, Farthing, 0.97g/6h (N 7072; Berry p.72; NW. 1095) [3]. First fair, others about fine
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Exchange Alley, Morat’s Coffee House [Walter Elford], cast brass Pennies (2), 5.55g/10h (N 6883; Berry p.121; BW. 966), 5.54g/5h (N 6884; Berry p.121; BW. 967) [2]. First good fine, second fair
£70-90 Provenance: *First bt N.A. Clark 1978; second bt N.A. Clark 1979
Provenance: First bt N.A. Clark 1981; *second bt N.A. Clark 1979; last bt N.A. Clark.
William Paget, vintner, The Mitre, Mitre Court, 1658-60, then at The Mitre, Fleet street, 1660-2, married Elizabeth Watkins 1637; William King, proprietor, The Crown ordinary, fl. 1638-70; John Symonds, vintner, The Hercules Pillars
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Exchange Alley, Aurthor Stanley, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.60g/6h (N 6880; Berry p.62; BW. 962); Royal Exchange, Thomas Browning, Farthing, 1.31g/6h (N 7561; Berry p.60; BW. 958), Nicholas Coleborne, Farthing, 0.99g/6h (Berry p.62; BW. 959) [3]. Last good fine and very rare, others fair to fine
£60-80
Provenance: *Last found in the R. Thames on South Bank, 1983, bt R. Sharman; others bt N.A. Clark 1979.
Arthur Stanley (†1674), vintner, The New Exchange, believed to have been a personal acquaintance of Samuel Pepys; Thomas Browning, vintner, The King’s Head, fl. 1679; Nicholas Coleborne, vintner, The Sun, 1651-65, later vintner, The Fleece, Cornhill, married Ann Croone, 1651, succeeded by John Wadlow
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Guildhall, Thomas Ailay, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.87g/9h (N –; Berry p.76; BW. 1296). Fine, rare
£50-70 Provenance: Bt M.J. Dickinson 1989.
Thomas Ailay, vintner, The Three Tuns; the inn was destroyed in the Great Fire and not rebuilt
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