Auction Catalogue

16 March 2006

Starting at 10:00 AM

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Important British Trade Tokens

Grand Connaught Rooms  61 - 65 Great Queen St  London  WC2B 5DA

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Lot

№ 408

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£150

Beverley, George Lamplugh, Halfpenny, 1664, 1.96g/6h (N 5803; BW. 28); Hull, Richard Barnes, heart-shaped Halfpenny, 1669, 1.30g/12h (N 5890; BW. 133), Robert Felloues, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.76g/12h (N 5897; BW. 143), Edward Hodgson, Halfpenny, 2.35g/3h (N 5900 obv., different rev.; rev. die not in Sykes; BW. 147) [4]. Last fine, third fair, others mediocre, all rare (£120-150)

Provenance:
BW. 28 R.N.P. Hawkins Collection, Glendining Auction, 16 March 1988, lot 242 (part)
BW. 133 Spink Auction 149, 15 November 2000, lot 314 (part).

BW. 147 only illustrated. Richard Barnes, grocer; Robert Fellowes, worsted comber and stocking worker; Edward Hodgson, shopkeeper, chamberlain 1667