British 17th Century Trade Tokens

Wapping, John Broughton, Farthing, 1650, 0.82g/10h (N –; BW. 3282). Traces of overstriking and the date rendered as 165Q, otherwise very fine and very rare £150-£200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The James Lamb Collection of 17th Century Tokens of the London Borough of Stepney.

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Bt J. Higginbotham June 2014.

The band of the globe bears characters in Greek script, an exceptional occurrence for this series of tokens