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


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pp.72-3). Fine, rare


Provenance: Bt D. Webb March 2009 Hercules Pillars Alley [Fleet Street], J[ohn] S[ymonds], Farthing, 1.12g/6h (N 7072; BW. 1095; Berry, Pepys


£40-60


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Provenance: R.J. Carthew Collection; R.A. Nott Collection; Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 750 (part) Helman Court [presumed Helmet Court, St Katherine’s], S.E.B. AT THE GEORGE, Farthing, 1.16g/6h (N 9290, this


piece; BW. 1338). About very fine, very rare £70-90


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High Street [presumed Aldgate High Street], G.A.H. NEXT TO THE CHEK KER TAVERNE, Farthing, 0.77g/6h (N 9294b, this piece; BW. 1351). Very fine, ‘river’ patina, rare


£70-90


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 753 (part); bt S.H. Monks September 2012


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Provenance: Bt M. Trenerry October 2010 High Timber Street [Queenhithe], Tho. Erwin, Halfpenny, 2.75g/6h (N –; BW. 1349). Fine or better, ‘river’


patina, extremely rare £90-120


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Honey Lane Market [Cheapside], Cha. Danvers, Halfpenny, 1670, 1.10g/12h (N –; BW. 1497). Good fine but legend partially weak, very rare


£70-90


Provenance: Found in the R. Thames on the Bankside, near Cardinal’s Wharf, 1986; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 512 (part) [from R. Sharman August 1986]


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Horn Alley [Aldersgate], Thomas Web, Farthing, 0.95g/3h (N –; D –). Some peripheral damage but fine or better, extremely rare; perhaps only one other specimen known


£150-200


Provenance: M. Arnold Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot 137; Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 514


All lots are illustrated on our website www.dnw.co.uk


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