Auction Catalogue
17th Century Tokens, Huntingdonshire, Earith, Rob Toy, Farthing, 1666, mm. sunburst both sides, 1.22g/3h (N 2553 obv., different [earlier] rev.; BW. Kent 258). Flan clip and die flaw on reverse, otherwise about very fine, the reverse die very rare £80-100
Provenance: P. Mann Collection [bt August 1960].
Robert Toy is documented in Earith in 1666 and three specimens have been found by detectorists in recent years, two near Huntingdon and another near Chatteris (ex. inf. Gary Oddie)
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