17th Century Tokens, Suffolk, Beccles, Corporation Farthing, 1670, 2.00g/12h (N 4238; BW. 5); Will[iam] Crane, Farthing, 1.63g/9h (N 4240; BW. 6); William Cutlove, Farthings (2), 1664, 1.20g/3h (N 4241; BW. 7), 1667, 0.70g/12h (N 4242; BW. 8); Henrey Farrer, Farthings (2, different obv. dies), 1.13g/6h (N 4243; BW. 9), 0.72g/9h (Cranbrook 9a; N 4243, different obv. die); David Grice, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (N 4244; BW. 10); John King, Farthing, 1657, 0.99g/12h (N 4245; BW. 11); Tobias Murdock, Farthing, 0.88g/12h (N 4246; BW. 12); John Nicholls, Farthing, 1.00g/12h (Harris 2:7; N 4247, different obv. die; Cranbrook/BW. 13); John Warde, Farthing, 1659, 1.12g/6h (N 4248; BW. 14) [11]. Generally fine to very fine, BW. 9 and Cranbrook 9a rare, BW. 11 very rare; a good group of the town incorporating all the issuers (£180-220)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of British Tokens formed by Eileen Judson.

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Provenance:
BW. 6 SNC December 1970 (14151); BW. 7 Col. R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946, R. Levine Collection; BW. 8 and 10 bt Spink c.1973; BW. 9 SCMB October 1970; Cranbrook 9a W. Gilbert Collection; *BW. 11 Col. R.J. Carthew Collection, SCMB March 1946; BW. 12 bt Spink c.1970; BW. 13 bt Baldwin; BW. 14 SCMB April 1972.

William Crane, draper, gentleman, alive in 1675; William Cutlove, fishmonger; Henry Farrer, innkeeper, The White Lion; John King, grocer; Tobias Murdoch, tallowchandler; John Ward, haberdasher, constable 1643-4