LONDON 17th CENTURY TOKENS FROM THE COLLECTION OF QUENTIN ARCHER (PART III) 3231
Basing Lane, Rich Shawe, Farthing, 0.64g/12h (N –; D –). About very fine, toned ‘river’ patina, extremely rare; perhaps the only known specimen
£120-150 Provenance: Bt J. Higginbotham July 2015
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Basinghall Street, Rich. Lem, Farthing, 0.86g/12h (N 6537; BW. 136); T.I.M. AT THE GEORGE, Farthing, 1.12g/6h (N 6536; BW. 137); G[eorge] S[tarckey], Farthing, 0.51g/12h (N –; D 138A), Halfpenny, 1.68g/12h (N 6538b, this piece; BW. 139) [4]. Fair to fine, D 138A very rare but flan slightly buckled
£80-100
Provenance: N 6536 and 6537 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 824 (part); *N 6538 R.A. Nott Collection [from Baldwin], Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 423 (part), bt M. Trenerry July 2010; D 138A bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014.
Richard Lem, innholder, The Nag’s Head, second wife Sarah, married 1658; George Starkey († by 1677), freeman 1650, draper
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Bear Quay [New Custom House], Phillip Stower, Farthing, 1.00g/6h (N 6539; BW. Southwark 152); Bearbinder Lane [St Swithin’s Lane], T.H. AT THE LOBSTER, Farthing, 1.63g/12h (N 6540, this piece; BW. 151), John Pullin, Penny, 2.75g (N –; BW. 152) [3]. N 6539 fine but with minor surface deposits, fair, N 6540 fair, BW. 152 very poor, all very rare; believed the only issues for these locations
£80-100
Provenance: *N 6539 bt K. Pryke June 2012; N 6540 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867 (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 259 (part); BW. 152 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 494 (part) [acquired 1992].
Philip Stowers, innholder, The Bear, married Susan Saywell 1655
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Beech Lane, Samuell Elce, Farthing, 0.84g/9h (N –; BW. 164); Henry Green, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.32g/6h (N 7013, this piece; BW. 165); Thomas Taylor, Halfpenny, 1668, 0.92g/6h (N 6543; BW. 168) [3]. BW. 164 fair, others about fine and better, N 6543 with ‘river’ patina, all rare
£80-100
Provenance: BW. 164 bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; N 6543 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 302; *N 7013 R.A. Nott Collection [from Baldwin], Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 314 (part).
Samuel Else, chandler; Thomas Taylor, butcher
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