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Bedfordshire 17th Century Tokens, the Property of a Gentleman

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№ 3

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24 January 2023

Hammer Price:
£500

Bedford, Paull Bamforth, Farthing, 1665, 0.48g/12h (GO 4; N –; BW. 4); John Clarke, Farthings (3), 0.88g/12h, 0.83g/12h (both GO 7.1; N 7; BW. 7), 0.99g/12h (GO 7.2; dies not in N; BW. 7); William Faldo, Farthings, 1659 (2), 1.16g/6h, 0.91g/6h (both GO 9; N 8, former this piece; BW. 9); Robert Farman, Halfpence, 1667 (2), 1.57g/6h, 1.00g/9h (both GO 10; N 9, former this piece; BW. 10); Henry Fittzhugh, Farthings, 1655 (4), reading bedford (2), 1.38g/6h, 0.91g/12h (both GO 12, former this piece illustrated; N 10; BW. 12), reading bedfod (2), 1.06g/12h, 0.93g/12h (both GO 13, former this piece noted, overstruck on a Farthing of I.G.H., the kings armes, Fleet Bridge [BW. London 1048]); Hugh Holton, Halfpence, 1666 (2), 1.24g/9h, 1.17g/12h (both GO 14; N 11, former this piece; BW. 14); William Isaac, Farthings, 1666 (2), 1.19g/6h, 0.72g/9h (both GO 15; N 12, former this piece; BW. 15); Thomas Pare, Farthings, 1656 (2), 0.93g/6h, 0.69g/6h (both GO 17; N 13; BW. 17); John Paulin, Farthings, 1654 (3), 1.14g/6h, 0.93g/6h (both GO 18.1; N 14, former this piece; BW. 18), 1.05g/6h (GO 18.2; N 15; BW. 18); Ralph Smyth, Halfpence, 1668 (3), 2.53g/12h, 2.51g/12h, 1.70g/12h (all GO 19; N 16, first this piece; BW. 19); John Spencer, Farthing, 1.42g/3h (GO 19A; N –; D –) [25]. GO 13 at 1.06g very fine, GO 19 at 2.53g and 2.51g good fine, others in varied state, GO 19A worn but extremely rare £300-£400

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GO 9 at 1.16g, GO 10 at 1.57g and GO 19 at 1.14g R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, SNC February 1988 (405, 406, 407); GO 12 at 1.38g D.J. Gaunt Collection; GO 13 at 1.06g R.A. Shuttlewood Collection [from N.A. Clark c. 1982]; GO 14 at 1.24g Norweb Collection [from Baldwin], SNC September 1987 (5333); GO 15 at 1.19g R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, SNC November 1987 (6647); GO 18.1 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection