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BRITISH TOKENS, Castle Street, Richard Hodgkine, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (E 561; N 4895a, this piece; BW. 203), Samuell Hodgkine, Farthing, 1.22g/6h (E 562, this piece illustrated; N 4896; BW. 204); Chain Gate, G.K.T. the red lion, Farthing, 0.94g/4h (E 565; N 4897; BW. 210); Churchyard Alley, Will Barnes, Farthing, 1665, 1.01g/12h (E 567, this piece illustrated; N 4898; BW. 211), John Cox, Halfpenny, the pvmp rvns cleer wth ale & beer, 1.70g/9h (E 569; N 4599, this piece; BW. 213) [5]. E 567 good very fine, E 561 fair, others fine or better, but central device of E 569 tooled
£100-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: E 561 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 562 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt Spink; E 565 from the St Saviour’s Dock (London) Finds, 1988-90, T. Coker Collection, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1831 (part) [from M. Trenerry]; *E 567 T. Coker Collection, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1831 (part) [from M. Trenerry]; E 569 Norweb Collection [from Spink]