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№ 153

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1 October 2014

Hammer Price:
£290

Suffolk, Ipswich, Borough Farthing, 1670, 4.34g/12h (N 4354; BW. 158-9), John Borret, Farthing, 1655, 1.35g/9h (N 4356; BW. 163), R.A.C. at the ipswich tavren, Farthing, 1648, 1.02g/12h (N –; BW. 168), Will Canne, Farthing, 1668, 0.38g/6h (N –; BW. 169), Joseph Haymer, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.53g/12h (N 4371; BW. 181), Robert Rednall, Farthing, 1663, 0.49g/9h (N 4374 obv., different rev.; BW. 188), James Story, Farthing, 0.97g/6h (N 4378; BW. 194), Elizabeth Tompson, Farthing, 1656, 1.27g/9h (N –; BW. 196); Ixworth, Rebekah Bouldero, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.65g/12h (N 4384; BW. 200) [9]. N 4356 very fine and rare, BW. 196 good fine, others generally about fine and better, BW. 169 chipped, BW. 168 very rare, the earliest Suffolk token £120-150

Provenance: BW. 169 bt S.H. Monks; BW. 196, N 4371 and 4378 bt Loughborough Coin & Search SocietyN 4354 bt C.T. Smith; *N 4356 M.J. Harris Collection, Spink Auction 43, 18 April 1985, lot 29 (part), with M.J. Dickinson, bt N.A. Clark