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Drury Lane, Ansell Carter, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.64g/1h (N 8705; BW. 860); John Duban, Halfpenny, 1.47g/3h (N 8692, this piece; BW. 865); Thomas Hayton, Halfpenny, 1.32g/9h (N 8696, this piece; BW. 870); Ann How, Farthing, 1657, 1.27g/3h (N 8697, this piece; BW. 871); Richard Johnson, Farthing, 1.00g/12h (N 8698, this piece; BW. 873) [5]. N 8697 good fine, N 8696 very fine but pierced and plugged, others in varied state, some rare
£90-£120
Provenance: N 8692 and 8696 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 670 (part), bt S.H. Monks April 2012 [N 8696 from Spink]; N 8697 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 671 (part); N 8698 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 670 (part), bt S.H. Monks April 2012; N 8705 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, B. Bird Collection, Spink Auction 35, 11 April 1984, lot 288 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014 [from Seaby].
The inclusion of the French Arms on N 8692 is highly unusual; perhaps the issuer was French. Ansell Carter, grocer 73
Drury Lane, James Partrich, Farthing, 1657, 0.52g/6h (N 8699; D 877B); T: Peeters, Farthing, 1.26g/1h (N 8700; BW. 879); I.A.S. AT THE SPAROSNEST, Farthing, 1.02g/7h (N 8706, this piece; BW. 882); Will: Wright, Halfpenny, 1.74g/12h (N 8629, this piece; BW. 887) [4]. N 8699 fair, others fine to nearly very fine, all rare, N 8699 extremely so
£90-£120
Provenance: N 8629 F. Pridmore Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 664 (part) [from Baldwin]; N 8699 bt N.A. Clark May 2008; N 8700 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 841 (part); N 8706 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 671 (part).
N 8629 was issued from Drury Lane at the “Corner of Blackmor Street”. It is one of only two tokens to mention Blackmoor Street, the other being the exceedingly rare N 8628, the Norweb example of which was donated to the British Museum. In an article in the Newsletter for the London Topographical Society (No. 68, May 2009) R.H. Thompson proposed that Blackmoor Street gained its name from the establishment of Edward Lovell, tobacconist, called the Two Black Moors, from which N 8628 was issued
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Durham Yard [Strand], William Bridger, Farthing, 1663, 0.42g/3h (N –; BW. 898); Eagle Court [Strand], Rich: Haraben, Farthing, 1661, 1.26g/3h (N 8712a, this piece; BW. 2982); Eagle Street [Spitalfields], Richard Dixon, Halfpenny, 1671, 1.01g/12h (N –; BW. 900) [3]. Fine or better, first and last extremely rare and the only issues from these locations
£80-£100
Provenance: *N 8712 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 668 (part) [from Seaby]; BW. 898 J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 173 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; BW. 900 bt J. Higginbotham May 2015.
P.D. Greenall (BNJ 1991) considered that Eagle Street was in the Holborn area, but it is not clear why he came to that conclusion. A Richard Dixon is recorded in the Spitalfields area in the Hearth Tax Return for Lady Day 1666, so it is more likely that the Eagle Street in that location (also known as Grey Eagle Street) was the place of issue. Unusually, BW. 900 appears to place the initial of the surname on the bottom right of the triad of initials, where the wife’s initial would usually be found
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East Smithfield, Nathaniell Burbidge, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.70g/9h (N 8180, this piece; BW. 907); R.A.C. AT THE 3 SVGAR LOVES, Farthing, 0.93g/7h (N 8210; BW. 908); Edward Chapman, Farthing, 1.29g/6h (N 8181, this piece; BW. 910); R.D., THE BVLL HEAD TAVERNE, Farthing, 0.86g/3h (N 8201, this piece; BW. 915); A.M.E. AT THE OLD PRINC, Farthing, 1.34g/6h (N 8208, this piece; BW. 919); H.S.G. AT THE SVGER LOFE, Farthing, 0.95g/6h (N 8209, this piece; BW. 920) [6]. About fine and better, N 8181, N 8201 and N 8209 very rare
£100-£150
Provenance: N 8180 and 8209 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lots 620, 621 (parts); N 8181 and 8201 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 621 (part); N 8208 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867b (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 620 (part); N 8210 SNC August 2001 (TT 960), SNC October 2004 (TT 3068), bt Spink October 2004
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East Smithfield, H.E.H. AT Y GOVLDEN DRVM, Farthing, 1.22g/6h (N –; BW. 924); George Hickes, Farthing, 0.85g/6h (N 8186, this piece; BW. 928); J[ohn] Hutton and G. Jerard, Farthing, 1.04g/6h (N 8189, this piece; BW. 929); John Jellus, Farthing, 0.71g/6h (N –; BW. 930); R.E.M. AT THE YARNE SHOPP, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (N 8214, this piece; BW. 936) [5]. Fine to very fine, BW. 924 very rare, BW. 930 extremely rare
£100-£150
Provenance: *N 8186 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 620 (part); N 8189 and 8214 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867b (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lots 620, 621 (parts); BW. 924 bt November 2010; BW. 930 bt S.H. Monks June 2013
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