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Nottingham, Sam: Smith, Halfpenny, 2.90g/9h (PMP 108; N –; BW. 97); Samuel Smith, Halfpence (3), undated, 1.44g/12h (PMP 109, and pl. 2, this piece; N –; BW. 100), 1664, 1.34g/12h (PMP 110; N –; BW. 99), 1667, 1.53g/12h (PMP 111, and pl. 4, rev., this piece; N –; BW. 98) [4]. PMP 111 good fine but surfaces abraded, PMP 109 about fine, others in varied state, an extremely rare group and all the variants for this issuer; only two other PMP 110s believed known £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Nottinghamshire 17th Century Tokens formed by Andrew Knighton.

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Provenance: PMP 108 H. Pegg Collection, Spink Auction 19, 3 March 1982, lot 117 (part), A. Judd Collection [from Spink 1985], bt A.J. February 1999; PMP 109 W. Andrews Collection [from Spink], E.W. Danson Collection, Coins of Beeston Auction (Nottingham), 10 October 1998, lot 234 (part); PMP 110 bt N.A. Clark February 2000; *PMP 111 W.J. Faulkner Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-3 May 1940, lot 174 (part), W. Andrews Collection [from Baldwin], E.W. Danson Collection, Coins of Beeston Auction (Nottingham), 10 October 1998, lot 234 (part)

Two other PMP 110s believed known