English, Scottish and World Coins. Tokens, Tickets and Passes. Historical and Art Medals. World Banknotes

17th Century Tokens, New Palace Yard [Westminster], W.A.R., Farthing, 1649, 1.15g/6h (BW. 2048); New Street [Covent Garden], Jeremiah Ives, Farthing, 1.13g/12h (D 2059A); Newton Street [Holborn], John Everton, Farthing, 1.03g/3h (BW. 2067); Norton Folgate, Abraham le Keux, Farthing, 1.01g/12h (BW. 2090); Old Street, John Fullerton and John Sandsbury, Halfpenny, 2.72g/12h (BW. 2160); Tho[mas] Welles and Fra[ncis] Leonard, Halfpenny, 1.52g/6h (BW. 2171); [Great] Peter Street, W.S.C. brewer, Farthing, 0.76g/6h (D 2207B); R.R.Y. at the kings head, Farthing, 1.38g/6h (BW. 2209); Petty France [Westminster], I.S.T. at the savl, Farthing, 1.05g/6h (BW. 2228) [9]. Third and sixth poor, others generally fine, second and seventh better, both very rare (£90-120)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of London 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Mrs Dora Harris.

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Provenance: 1st bt Spink; 2nd bt Seaby January 1983; 3rd bt August 1984; 4th SCMB January 1984 (M 9), bt Seaby August 1984; 5th and 6th W.J. Faulkner Collection duplicates, Sotheby Auction, 24 January 1979, lot 150 (part), J.L. Wetton Collection, Spink Auction 74, 29 November 1989, lot 221 (part); 7th bt Baldwin 1991; 8th bt May 1994; 9th bt May 1992 [originally from Seaby 1972].

Jeremiah Ives, haberdasher