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Cheapside, T[homas] D[udley], Farthing, 0.84g/6h (N 6767; BW. 579); Humphrey Grosvenor, Farthing, 0.63g/12h (N –; BW. 582); Richard Hiller, Farthing, 0.34g/6h (N 6754; D 583A); I.T.M. AT YE MEAREMAYD TAVERN, Farthing, 0.87g/5h (N –; BW. 590); George Peirce, Farthing, 1665, 0.66g/12h (N 6756; BW. 594) [5]. N 6756 fine or better, others in varied state, BW. 582 and N 6754 extremely rare
£100-£150
Provenance: N 6754 bt August 2011; N 6756 V. Ford Collection, DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 307 (part); N 6767 bt M.C.S. Rasmussen July 2010; BW. 582 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 302 (part); BW. 590 bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014 [from Seaby].
The Mitre, Nag’s Head, Mermaid and Bull’s Head taverns were four of the most famous establishments in London. The Mermaid was a
regular haunt of Ben Jonson, John Donne and other literary figures in the early 17th century. Samuel Pepys visited the Bull’s Head many times and General Monck stayed there in February 1660 as negotiations proceeded with the City for the eventual return of the monarchy. Thomas Dudley and George Peirce, vintners. Richard Hiller, draper
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Kiftell’s coffee house, opened after the Great Fire, adjoined the Nag’s Head Tavern Cheapside, Charles Kiftell, Penny, 1669, 2.66g/9h (N 6761; BW. 586). Mediocre, rare
Provenance: Bt N.A. Clark May 2011. £70-£90
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Cheapside, W.R. AT YE MAREMADE, Halfpenny, 3.83g/12h (N –; BW. 595); T.C.A. AT THE SARASONS HEAD, Farthing, 1649, 0.78g/6h (N –; D 598A); S[amuel] T[urner], Farthing, 0.92g/6h (N 6765; BW. 599); W.A.T. AT THE BLAKE BOY, Farthing, 1652, 1.25g/6h (N –; BW. 600); William Yate, Farthing, 0.52g/12h (N –; BW. 603) [5]. BW. 600 and 603 nearly very fine, latter slightly buckled, others in varied state, all very rare and mostly unrepresented in the Norweb collection
£100-£150
Provenance: N 6765 bt S.H. Monks June 2015; BW. 595 bt M. Knight October 2010; D 598A Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 302 (part); *BW. 600 bt August 2010; BW 603 bt S.H. Monks June 2013
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Chick Lane [Smithfield], Richard Hallett, Farthing, 1659, 1.01g/7h (N 6776; BW. 611); Henry Knight, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.42g/6h (N 6777; BW. 613); Richard Lukey, Halfpenny, 2.25g/3h (N –; BW. 614); Richard Rawllinson, Halfpenny, 1.47g/12h (N 6779; BW. 616) [4]. Varied state, mostly very rare
£80-£100
Provenance: N 6776 bt S.H. Monks February 2010; N 6777 and BW. 614 DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 1500, bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; N 6779 bt J.N. Holman April 2011.
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Church Lane [Thames Street], Richard Smith, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.61g/12h (N 9281, this piece; BW. 638); Cloak Lane [Cannon Street], N.I.B. AT THE WILLOW TREE, Farthing, 0.74g/6h (N 6784, this piece; BW. 670), I.P.B. AT THE WILLOW TREE, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 6785, this piece; BW. 671); Cloth Fair, Christo: Ashbourn, Halfpenny, 1.04g/12h (N 6786, this piece; BW. 672), William Chandler, Farthing, 1.23g/6h (N 6787, this piece; BW. 674) [5]. Fine and better, N 6786 and N 6787 extremely rare, the issues for Cloak Lane being the only ones known for that location
£100-£150
Provenance: N 9281 Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 738 (part) [from Spink 1971]; others R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 289 (part) [N 6785 from Baldwin].
The Norweb authors refer to the conclusion of Harben (1918) that Cloak Lane gained its name after the Great Fire, but the name appears in the Hearth Tax returns for Lady Day 1666 which fell more than five months earlier. The obverse die of N 6784 was subsequently used on N 7444 (Old Change) to where the issuer may have moved. Christopher Ashbourn, chandler
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Cloth Fair, Richard Gimbart, Farthing, 0.58/12h (N –; BW. 680); George Holden, Farthing, 1664, 0.74g/9h (N –; D 682A); Henry Ingersole, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.58g/12h (N –; BW. 684); Mikhill Temple, Farthing, 1.13g/6h (N 6789, this piece; BW. 690); William Wittingam, Farthing, 1657, 0.72g/6h (N –; BW. 692) [5]. D 682A mediocre, others generally fine, BW. 684 very rare, others extremely rare, only one type represented in the Norweb collection
£100-£150
Provenance: N 6789 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 289 (part); BW. 680 R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, lot 645 (part), DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 461 (part) [from Spink January 2004]; D 682A E.J. Luck collection, Sworders Auction (Stansted Mountfitchet), 22 October 2012, lot 1225 (part), bt S.H. Monks October 2012; BW. 684 bt D. Stuart January 2009; BW. 692 bt S.H. Monks February 2010.
Cloth Fair escaped the Great Fire, and all of these issuers except George Holden appear in the pre-Fire 1666 Hearth Tax returns. Richard Gimbart’s token is one of a select few bearing a heart as a mint mark
Provenance: Bt N.A. Clark October 2009 52 Cloth Fair, John Poyntting, heart-shaped Halfpenny, 1667, 0.89g/12h (N –; BW. 688). Fair, extremely rare £120-£150
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