British 17th Century Trade Tokens

LONDON (Metropolitan Middlesex), The Cock Pit [Whitehall], Ambrose H[——]s, Halfpenny, 1665, 1.50g/6h (N –; D –); John Scott, Halfpenny, 1.43g/3h (N 8675; BW. 699) [2]. First fair and extremely rare, second weak in parts otherwise very fine; the only issues naming the locality £100-£150

First DNW Auction 147, 12-14 June 2018, lot 1626 (part), S.J. Lamb Collection [from M. Wills September 2018]; *second found on the foreshore of the R. Thames west of Queenhithe Dock, S.J. Lamb Collection [from I. Smith February 2018]