British Trade Tokens, Tickets and Passes

DORSET, Dorchester, Borough Farthings, 1669 (6), 2.42g/12h (N 882; BW. 53-6), 2.40g/12h (N 885; BW. 53-6), 2.85g/12h (N 886; BW. 53-6), 2.86g/12h (N 888a, this piece; BW. 53-6), 1.95g/12h, 1.40g/12h (both N 892, former N 892b, this piece; BW. 53-6), Thomas Allen, Farthing, 0.46g/12h (N 894; BW. 59), Richard Cheney, Farthing, 1659, 1.09g/12h (N 898; BW. 65), Tho. Gould, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.17g/3h (N 903; BW. 69), Thomas Hall, Farthing, 1656, 0.85g/12h (N 904; BW. 70-1), William Maycock, Farthing, 1658, 1.17g/6h (N 909; BW. 73), Jasper Samways, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.99g/12h (dies not in N; BW. 77), Phillip Stansbie, Farthings (3), 0.86g/12h (N 914; BW. 82), 1.29g/12h, 1.13g/9h (both N 916; BW. 84); Lyme Regis, Borough Farthing, 1669, 2.83g/12h (N 925; BW. 93); Poole, Mayor’s Farthing, 1667, 0.52g/12h (N 934; BW. 108), Robert Cleves, Farthing, 1.49g/6h (N 937; BW. 112), Michaell Oke, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.89g/12h (N 947; BW. 118), George Phillips, Farthing, 1653, 0.86g/6h (N –; BW. 123) [20]. Varied state, N 916 at 1.29g and 947 pierced £70-£90

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of the late Stephen Wrenn.

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N 888 and 892 at 1.95g R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; N 898 and 909 G.G. Farman Collection, Spink Auction 51, 16 April 1986, lot 199 (part); N 947 bt J. Holman