17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

CITY, Fleet Ditch, M.B. the grammar schoo, Farthing, 1659, 0.71g/6h (N –; D/Dickinson/Mays Supplement 1055A, recté schoo); Fleet Lane, Henrey Allin, Farthing, 1.01g/12h (N –; D 1056A, recorded from this specimen; Sharman, SCMB 1983, p.124, no.4, this piece), Wil Dugdale, Halfpenny, 1663, 1.75g/6h (N 6947, this piece; BW. 1057), Henry Waterfall, Halfpenny, 1.79g/12h (N 6943, this piece; BW. 1062), Henry Yeo, Halfpenny, 1.32g/9h (N 6944, this piece; BW. 1063) [5]. D 1056A fine and extremely rare, D 1055A mediocre and pierced but very rare, others fair to fine £90-£120

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

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N 6943 and 6944 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 306 (part); N 6947 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 November 1956, lot 867 (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 306 (part); D 1055A bt Simmons October 2013; *D 1056A found in the R. Thames at Brook’s Wharf, Queenhithe, 1979, Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 507 [from R. Sharman January 1983]