17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

London (City), Cornhill, R[obert] D[owse], Farthing, 1656, 1.10g/6h (N 6812; BW. 717); T[homas] E[wster], Farthing, 1657, 0.56g/12h (N –; BW. 718); H[umphrey] H[inton], Farthing, 0.73g/6h (N 6806; BW. 719); A.F. & T[homas] H[orsman], Farthing, 1651, 1.22g/6h (N –; BW. 721); T[homas] H[orsman], Farthing, 1651, 0.84g/6h (N 6804, this piece mentioned; BW. 722); W[illiam] T[apping], Farthing, 1651, 1.05g/6h (N 6808; BW. 729); M[artin] W[alker], Farthing, 1648, 1.03g/6h (N 6809; BW. 730) [7]. BW. 721 neatly pierced, others mostly about fine or better and rare, a good group £150-£200

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 6812 Baldwin Auction, 2 November 2013, lot 302 (part); N 6804 and 6806 Mrs Dora Harris Collection, DNW Auction 56, 11 December 2002, lot 504 (part) [acquired 1990]; N 6808 SNC August 2001 (TT 953), DNW Auction T14, 1 October 2014, lot 461 (part) [from Spink April 2004]; *N 6809 SCMB February 1972, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012 (lot 363) [from Seaby March 1973], bt G. Ward July 2012; BW. 718 bt N.A. Clark February 2007; BW. 721 bt T. Everson December 2014 [from J. Theobald].

The history of each of these taverns is given in Kenneth Rogers’ 1935 work on the Cornhill, Threadneedle Street and Lombard Street districts of London. The issue of two different tokens at the Castle Tavern in 1651 may have indicated a change in management from the Finch family to Thomas Horsman. N 6809, dated 1648, was one of the first London tokens to be issued in the series