17th Century Tokens, Old Barge House [Bucklesbury], Jane Gunn, Farthing, 1666, 0.64g/6h (BW. 2124); Old Fish Street [Upper Thames Street], I.A.M. at the swan tavern, Farthing, 0.92g/6h (BW. 2141); Nicolas Tompson, Farthing, 0.61g/12h (D 2146A); Paul’s Alley [Paternoster Row], John Broome, Farthing, 1657, 0.75g/12h (BW. 2192); Philpot Lane [Fenchurch Street], Lawrence Lancaster, Farthing, 1655, 0.97g/6h (BW. 2230) [5]. First three very fine, fourth fine, last fair, first very rare, third extremely rare (£120-150)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Mrs Dora Harris.

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Provenance:
*BW 2124 bt Seaby June 1980; BW. 2141 bt Seaby June 1981; D 2146A found in the R. Thames near Trig Lane, 1983, bt R. Sharman August 1983; BW. 2192 bt May 1992; BW. 2230 bt December 1980.

Jane Gunn, meal shop proprietrix. The Swan tavern was mentioned by Samuel Pepys in his Diary. For further details of Nicholas Thompson’s token see R. Sharman, ‘More unpublished seventeenth-century tokens recovered from the Thames’ (TCSB vol.4 no.1, Winter 1984)