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Lot

№ 56

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21 September 2016

Hammer Price:
£300

City of London, Pissing Alley [St Paul’s Churchyard], Francis Wood, Farthing, 1664, 0.97g/6h (N –; BW. 2255). Very fine or better, ‘river’ patina, very rare £120-150

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

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Provenance: Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 304 (part).

Francis Wood paid tax on six hearths in 1666 in ‘Pissing alley east syde’