17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

Middlesex (Metropolitan), Blue Anchor Alley [Old Street], Mary Row, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.42g/12h (N 7868b, this piece; BW. 2164); Boswell Court [Lincoln’s Inn Fields], Elinor Seaward, Farthing, 1657, 0.94g/6h (N –; BW. 371); Bow Street, James Beech, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.32g/12h (N 8630a, this piece; BW. 389), John Browne, Farthing, 1.16g/7h (N 8638; BW. 390), E.F.O. at the blew lion, Farthing, 1.35g/6h (N 8635a, this piece; BW. 391) [5]. N 8635 about very fine, N 7868 mediocre but extremely rare, others generally fine £90-£120

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

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Provenance: BW. 371 W.H. Pheatt Collection, Spink Auction 208, 22-3 June 2011, lot 835 (part); N 7868 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction 21-3 November 1956, lot 867d (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 583 (part); N 8630 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 665 (part); *N 8635 H.W. Taffs Collection, Glendining Auction 21-23 November 1956, lot 867a (part), R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 583 (part); N 8638 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 301 (part)