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City of London, Paternoster Row, S[ilvester] B[all], ye mearmayd tavern, Farthing, 1.05g/12h (N 7461, this piece; BW. 2189). Very fine and very rare £80-100

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: R.A. Nott Collection; Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 367 (part).

Silvester Ball, vintner, The Mermaid, apprenticed 1649, married Elizabeth Dolleveris 1658