The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Cole Danehower (Part II)
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St Dunstan in the East [The Tower], T.C.C. THE LOCK AND SHEERS, Farthing, 1649, 1.07g/6h (N 7569; BW. 2478); St Helen’s Gate [Bishopsgate], P.E.S. AT THE RED LYON, Farthing, 0.64g/6h (N –; BW. 2516); St Martin le Grand [Aldersgate], John Fullerton, Farthing, 0.93g/12h (N 7588; BW. 2636), F.M.S. THE HAROW, Farthing, 0.93g/6h (N –; cf. BW. 2655), R.A.T., Farthing, 1658, 0.79g/6h (N –; D –), N.E.W. AT THE HOLEY LAME, Farthing, 0.76g/6h (N –; D 2660A), Edward White, Halfpenny, [16]69, 1.99g/6h (N –; BW. 2661) [7]. N 7588 very fine, BW. 2655 fair, others generally fine, third with edge chip and D 2660A with flan bent, many very rare
£180-£220
Provenance: N 7569 found in the R. Thames at Thomas More Street, Bull Wharf, bt Baldwin; *N 7588 and BW. 2661 bt Spink; BW. 2516 Baldwin Auction 52, 25 September 2007, lot 751 (part); BW. 2655 found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate, bt Baldwin; D 2660A bt Baldwin 1991; fourth found in the R. Thames at Queenhithe East Corner, bt Baldwin
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otherwise good fine
Said by some writers to be the last token issued in London, but there is no proof of this St Dunstan in the West [Fleet Street], Robert Markham, Penny, 1672, 4.68g/6h (N 7572; BW. 1085). Edge chip,
£80-£100 Provenance: W. Gilbert Collection; bt Baldwin.
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St Martin’s Lane, Tho. Armitage, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (N 9451; BW. 2664); William Webb, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.05g/6h (N –; D 2678A) [2]. Fine, both with dark patina, second very rare
£70-£90
Provenance: N 9451 bt Spink July 1986; *D 2678A E.J. Harris Collection [from I. Devereux December 1969], J.L. Wetton Collection, P. D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 240 (part) [from J.L.W. June 1987].
The Webb token may be an issue from St Martin’s Lane, Westminster
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St Mary at Hill [Billingsgate], Thomas Hunte, Farthing, 0.48g/12h (N –; BW. 2688); Edmond Lawrence, Farthing, 1.05g/9h (N 7604 rev., different [earlier] obv.; BW. 2691), Halfpenny, 0.52g/6h (N 7607; BW. 2690); T.M.T. AT THE 3 TONS TAVERN, Farthings, 1651 (2), 0.96g/6h, 0.88g/6h (both N –; BW. 2693) [5]. Generally about very fine, BW. 2688 with ‘river’ patina
£100-£150
Provenance: N 7604 var, *N 7607, BW. 2688 and BW. 2693 at 0.88g found in the R. Thames at Billingsgate, bt Baldwin; BW. 2693 at 0.96g bt Baldwin 1991
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