British Tokens, Tickets and Passes

17th Century Tokens, Berkshire, Newbury, John Naish, Farthing, 1.37g/12h (N 125; BW. 59); GLOUCESTERSHIRE, Bristol, City Farthing, lozenge-shape 1577+ issue, 3.06g/7h (cf. N 1444-8; BW. 22); hampshire, Southampton, Corporation Halfpenny [1669], 1.93g/3h (N 2003; BW. 184); KENT, Ashford, Samuell Wood, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.71g/3h (N 2381; BW. 18), Canterbury, Jeremiah Masterson, octagonal Halfpenny, 1.78g/9h (N 2414; BW. 66); OXFORDSHIRE, Burford, Thomas Mathewes, Farthing, 1.56g/6h (N 3605; BW. 48) [6]. About fine and better £100-150

Provenance: *Second bt Spink 1995; others bt Baldwin.

John Naish, grocer; Samuel Wood, innkeeper, The Saracen’s Head; Jeremiah Masterson, grocer and postmaster until 1674; Thomas Mathews, innholder, The Bear, bailiff 1662, 1668 and 1675