17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

City of London, Bishopsgate Street, R.S.M., the shvger lofe, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (N 6587; BW. 244); Edm. Morris, Farthing, 1657, mm. mullet, 0.59g/6h (dies not in N [post-1660 style]; BW. 245); R[ichard] R[obinson], Farthing, 0.95g/6h (N 6583; BW. 249); I.D.S., the flowerpot, Farthing, 0.73g/6h (N –; D 251A); I.H.S., the tvn and 3 arros, Farthing, 0.91g/6h (N 6589; BW. 252); Walter Shaller, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.61g/6h (N 6600b, this piece; BW. 253) [6]. D 251A fine, ‘river’ patina, extremely rare, others fair to fine, last with traces of overstriking £120-150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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Provenance: N 6583 A Collection of Tokens and Jettons formed by a Member of the London Mudlarks Club, Spink Auction 199, 25 June 2009, lot 519 (part); N 6587 with Seaby 1967, SNC August 2001 (TT 930), SNC October 2004 (TT 3051); N 6589 Mark Rasmussen FPL 16, Winter 2008 (T 65), bt M.C.S. Rasmussen November 2009; N 6600 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 195, 26 June 2008, lot 423 (part), bt M. Trenerry July 2010; BW. 245 G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 362 (part), recté dies not in N; *D 251A Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 495 (part) [from Baldwin July 1993].

Edmond Morris, grocer, fl. 1700, married Anne Brown; Richard Robinson, innholder, The Mitre