British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

CITY, Crooked Lane, Joseph Shelley, Farthing, 0.66g/12h (N –; BW. 804); Crutched Friars, Philip Starkey, Halfpenny, 2.47g/3h (N 6843; BW. 815, recté Halfpenny); Custom House, Sherly Bladworth, Halfpenny, 1.64g/6h (N –; D 823A), S.E.T. at the taverne, Farthing, 1.10g/6h (N 6855 rev., different obv.; BW. 826), R.V. the vine tavern, Farthing, 0.78g/3h (N –; D –) [5]. N 6855 var. about very fine, N 6843 and last fine, others fair, mostly very rare £140-£180

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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N 6843 found on the south bank of the R. Thames west of Southwark Bridge, 1983, Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 504 (part) [from R. Sharman May 1983]; *N 6855 var. bt S.H. Monks September 2011; BW. 804 G.T. Stone Collection, Reeman Dansie Auction (Colchester), 27 August 2015, lot 85 [acquired July 1970]; D 823A J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 167 (part), bt M.J. Dickinson September 2014; last found very close to the Custom House in waterlogged soil, bt I. Smith April 2010