The ‘Royal Berkshire’ Collection of Berkshire Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Abingdon, Robert Blackaller, Halfpence (3), 2.06g/12h (N 54; BW. 1), 1.66g (N 54b, this piece; BW. 1), 2.24g/12h (N 55; BW. 1); Richard Ely, Farthings (2), 0.80g/12h, 0.70g/6h (both N 67; BW. 3); Thomas Geagle, Halfpenny, 1.78g/12h (N 69; BW. 4); John Hall, Halfpenny, 1667, 0.76g/12h (N 56; BW. 5); Robert Liford, Farthing, 2.02g/12h (N 57; BW. 2); Henry Meales, Farthings, 1657 (6), 1.14g/6h (N 58, this piece; BW. 7), 1.24g/6h, 0.97g/6h, 0.68g/12h (all N 59, second 59c, this piece; BW. 7), 0.87g/12h, 0.79g/12h (both N 60, second 60a, this piece; D 7A); Sarah Pleydell, Halfpence, 1667 (3), 1.77g/12h, 1.14g/12h, 1.02g/6h (all N 61; BW. 8); William Stevenson, Farthings (5), 1.08g/6h (N 62; BW. 10), 1.38g/6h, 1.07g/6h (both N 63, former this piece; BW. 10), 1.09g/6h (N 64; BW. 10), 1.21g/6h (N 65; BW. 10); John Wells, Farthings, 1667 (3), 0.95g/12h, 0.76g/9h, 0.75g/12h (all N 66; BW. 11); Abingdon and Highworth (Wiltshire), Tho. Hartwell, Halfpence (2), 1.21g/12h, 1.19g/6h (both N 68; BW. 6); together with a 19th century forgery of the Thomas Geagle Halfpenny, 2.08g/6h (N 70) [28]. A few fair, but generally fine to very fine, N 54b an obverse brockage, N 66 at 0.76g pierced; the best and most comprehensive series of Abingdon tokens ever to appear at auction, including all the known variants £400-£600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The ‘Royal Berkshire’ Collection of Berkshire Tokens, Tickets and Passes.

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N 54 bt Baldwin 1968; N 54b Norweb Collection, bt Spink 1989; N 55, 61 at 1.02g, 63 at 1.07g, 64, 66 at 0.76g and N 68 at 1.21g bt Baldwin 1972; N 56, 57, 62, 66 at 0.75g and 67 at 0.70g bt Baldwin 1969; N 58 and 63 at 1.38g B. Lowsley Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20 April 1936, lot 84 (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, SNC December 1989 (7068, 7070); N 59 at 1.24g bt J.L. Wetton 1967; N 59 at 0.97g and 60 at 0.79g R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, latter SNC December 1989 (7069); N 59 at 0.68g bt B.M. Greenaway 1979; N 60 at 0.87g bt N.A. Clark 1986; N 61 at 1.77g and N 67 at 0.80g bt S.E. Schwer 1987; N 61 at 1.14g bt Corbitt & Hunter 1969; N 65 bt Baldwin 1974; N 66 at 0.95g J.L. Wetton Collection, SNC June 1989 (3372); N 68 at 1.19g bt Baldwin 1963; *N 69 bt Seaby 1969; N 70 bt Seaby 1971