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

№ 418

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16 March 2006

Hammer Price:
£140

Ripon, William Kitchin, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.16g/9h (N 6023, this piece; BW. 285); Lancelot Williamson, Farthing, 1666, 1.01g/12h (N 6025b, this piece; BW. 288) [2]. Good fine, first very rare, flan of second a trifle crimped (£120-150)

Provenance:
H. Hird Collection, Glendining Auction, 6 March 1974, lot 285 (part)
Mrs R. Henry Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 149, 15 November 2000, lot 169 [both from Seaby].

BW. 285 only illustrated. William Kitching (†November 1670); Lancelot Williamson, grocer