London 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer (Part V) London (City)
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Cannon Street, Nathaniell Bagne, Farthing, 0.84g/6h (N 6729, this piece; BW. 459), T.E., THE WHIT LYON TAVERN, Farthing, 1.03g/5h (N –; BW. 463), B[ryant] S[pence], Farthing, 0.89g/3h (N 6733a, this piece; BW. 465); Carter Lane, Francis Gurson, Halfpenny, 1.52g/3h (N –; BW. 474),William Prosser, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 9442, this piece; BW. 477), Robert Sharpe, Farthing, 1.18g/6h (N 9444, this piece; D 477A) [6]. N 6729, N 9442 and BW. 463 about fine, N 6733 about very fine, others in varied state, all rare, N 9444 believed the only known specimen
£90-£120
Provenance: N 6729 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 280 (part); N 6733 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 280 (part); N 9442 and 9444 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 738 (part) [9442 from Spink 1971, 9444 from Baldwin]; BW. 463 J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 152 (part), W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 826 (part); BW 474 bt Vickery Antiquities December 2011.
The White Hart Tavern stood at the corner of Cannon Street and Abchurch Lane. Another token (BW. 7, Abchurch Lane) was issued from the same building
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Cannon Street, Anne Blunt, Penny, 1672, 3.99g/6h (N 6730a, this piece; BW. 460). Good fine but slightly crimped, rare £90-£120
Provenance: R.A. Nott Collection; Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 280 (part). One of the very last dated coffee house pennies to be issued before the suppression of trade tokens in 1672
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Castle Lane [Thames Street], Thomas Blake, Farthing, 0.75g/9h (N 9280, this piece; BW. 478); Castle Yard [Holborn], Elizabeth Bold, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.56g/11h (N 6737; BW. 1374), George Pickfat, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.83g/12h (N 6740; BW. Southwark 206); Cateaten Street [Gresham Street], Rob: Snow, Farthing, 0.80g/12h (N –; BW. 486), George Wade, Farthing, 0.48g/12h (N –; BW. 488), Thomas Ward, Farthing, 0.52g/12h (N 6746; D 488A), Roger Ware, Halfpenny, 1664, 1.27g/3h (N 6747b, this piece; BW. 489) [7]. BW. 486, BW. 488 and D 488A about fine, others in varied state, mostly very rare
£100-£140
Provenance: N 6737 bt T. Everson December 2014 [from J.N. Holman]; N 6740 J. Wagner Collection, DNW Auction T6, 19 March 2009, lot 158 (part); N 6746 R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, SNC August 2001 (TT 945), SNC October 2004 (TT 3059), bt N.A. Clark July 2011; N 6747 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867b (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 425 (part), bt M. Trenerry July 2010; N 9280 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 750 (part); BW. 486 A Collection of Tokens and Jettons formed by a Member of the London Mudlarks Club, Spink Auction 199, 25 June 2009, lot 519 (part); BW. 488 Tennants (Leyburn) Auction, 2 May 2012, lot 260 (part).
Roger Ware, apprenticed to James Ware, vintner, 1650
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Chancery Lane neighbourhood, T[homas] K[ent], Farthing, 0.88g/7h (N 6749c, this piece; BW. 510), William Mart, Halfpenny, 1.24g/12h (N 6751; BW. 514; D 1087A), Humphrey Taft, Farthing, 1665, 1.46g/12h (N 6748; BW. 524); Cheapside, Edward Attwood, Farthing, 0.90g/12h (N –; BW. 572; Berry (1978) p.47), T[homas] C[oates], Farthing, 1650, 0.88g/6h (N 6762; BW. 575) [5]. BW. 572 good fine and extremely rare, others in varied state, N 6762 very rare
£90-£120
Provenance: N 6748 bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014 [from Seaby]; N 6749 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 425 (part), bt M. Trenerry July 2010; N 6751 bt M. Trenerry July 2010; N 6762 bt I.J. Smith August 2003; *BW. 572 bt J.N. Holman March 2013.
N 6749 and N 6751 were both issued from the King's Head Tavern, which used to stand at the south-west corner of Chancery Lane. It was located on the site of the house of Sir John Oldcastle, on whom Shakespeare modelled Sir John Falstaff. In 1564 it was one of the 40 London taverns permitted to trade in the City of London. In 1678 it was an alleged meeting-place for the Popish Plot, and in Ned Ward's The London Spy of 1703 it was recorded that "the best wine in England is to be drank" there. Humphrey Taft, cutler. Edward Attwood, painter-stainer and constable. Thomas Coates, vintner
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