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Forgeries and fantasies: Nottingham, John Blunt, 3.60g/12h (PMP 1); Thomas Burrowes (2), 3.27g/2h, 2.13g/12h (PMP 2, latter pl. 8, this piece); together with a lead squeeze coupling the rev. of John Trewman’s Nottingham token with the obv. of a Halfpenny of Philip Allen of Highgate (N 9172) [4]. Third good very fine, others fine £100-150

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: First two with a collector in Retford, bt Stamp Corner, Norwich, May 2008; *third 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 221 (part), A. Judd Collection, bt A.J. February 1999