The Collection of West Country Tokens formed by the late Richard Dinwiddy

17th Century Tokens, SOMERSET, Bath, Richard Horler, Farthing, 1664, 0.90g/6h (N 3963; BW. 22); John Masters, Farthing, 0.45g/6h (N 3971, this piece; DY 7:4, this piece; BW. 25); John Pearce, Farthings 1652 (2), 1.06g/6h (N 3964; BW. 26), 0.97g/12h (N 3965; BW. 27); Robert Penny, Farthing, 1.60g/6h (N 3966; BW. 28); Richard Pitcher, Farthing, 1667, 1.26g/12h (N –; BW. 29); Francis Rance, Farthing, 0.84g/11h (N 3967; BW. 30); John Reed, Farthing, 1656, 0.95g/6h (N –; BW. 31); Thomas Salmon, Farthing, 1667, 0.82g/12h (N 3969; BW. 33); William Smith, Farthing, 1666, 0.98g/6h (N 3970; BW. 34) [10]. N 3970 and BW. 29 about very fine, latter pierced, BW. 31 about fine, others in varied state, some rare £120-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of West Country Tokens formed by the late Richard Dinwiddy.

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N 3963, 3966, 3969 and BW. 31 M.J. Harris Collection, bt N.A. Clark; N 3964 L.A. Habgood Collection, bt N.A. Clark; N 3967 E.J. Luck Collection [from N.A. Clark July 1980], bt N.A. Clark; N 3970 J. Rose Collection, DNW Auction T19, 17 November 2020, lot 198 (part) [from J. Shaw 1989]; N 3971 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 104, 6 July 1994, lot 450 (part), D. Young Collection, DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 7 (part), bt N.A. Clark; *BW. 29 I. Bridges Collection, Noonans Auction 266, 24 January 2023, lot 163 (part), bt N.A. Clark