LONDON 17TH CENTURY TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF QUENTIN ARCHER (PART II)


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Castle Yard [Houndsditch], Richard Knight, Halfpenny, 1.87g/3h (N –; D –). About very fine but chipped, ‘river’ patina, of the highest rarity; believed unpublished and the only known token from this locality


£200-260


Provenance: Bt I. Smith March 2008. The token reads: mm. rosette, RICHARD · KNIGHT · IN · CASTLE, Bricklayers’ arms, rev. YARD · IN · HOVNSDITCH, HIS HALF PENY


25 Cheapside, Will Mostyn, Halfpenny, 1.70g/3h (N 6764; BW. 593). About very fine, rare


Provenance: Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 501 (part) [acquired July 1984]. William Mostyn, vintner, apprenticed 1663, wife’s name Elizabeth


£70-90


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Chick Lane [Charterhouse Street], John Fishwick, Farthing, 0.57g/3h (N 6775; D 608A; Sharman, TCSB vol. 4, p.22, this piece). Good fine, ‘river’ patina, extremely rare


£150-200


Provenance: Found in the R. Thames near Custom House Quay, 1983; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 502 [from R. Sharman October 1983].


The tavern sign, a cat sat in a boat with a catherine-wheel as the helm, is an attempt at the transmutation of the sign of the catherine-wheel. Religious signs such as this were vigorously suppressed during the Commonwealth period (Sharman, TCSB vol. 4 no. 1, Winter 1984). For what it is worth, the animal on the token more resembles a rat than a cat


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Cloth Fair, William Duke, Farthing, 1.19g/6h (N –; D –). Good very fine, ‘river’ patina; believed the only known specimen


£240-300


Provenance: A Collection of Tokens and Jettons formed by a Member of the London Mudlarks Club, Spink Auction 199, 25 June 2009, lot 521


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Cock Lane [presumed West Smithfield], Robert Greene, Farthing, 1656, 0.87g/6h (N 9285, this piece; BW. 695). Good very fine, dark patina, very rare


£80-100


Provenance: H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 584 (part); R.A. Nott Collection; Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 750 (part)


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Provenance: Bt J.N. Holman May 2012 Cornhill, R[ichard] K[insey], Farthing, 1657, 1.10g/3h (N 6805; D 724A). About very fine, ‘river’ patina, extremely


rare £100-150 All lots are illustrated on our website www.dnw.co.uk


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