17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer

LINCOLNSHIRE, Lincoln, octagonal City Halfpenny, 1669, 1.64g/3h (OB 143c; N 2954; BW. 138); Samuel Aistrop, Farthings (2), 1658, 1.20g/6h (OB 149; N 2955; BW. 144), undated, 0.88g/3h (OB 147a; N 2957; BW. 142), Halfpence (2), 1667, 2.46g/12h (OB 146; N –; D 141A), 1668, 1.56g/12h (OB 145; N 2958; BW. 141); Geo. Bracewell, Farthing, 0.90g/6h (OB 152; N –; BW. 147); Nathaniell Gray, Farthing, 1663, 1.32g/3h (OB 154; N –; BW. 149); Samuel Ludinton, Farthing, 1.11g/6h (OB 163a; N 2965; BW. 155); John Osgodbey, Halfpenny, 2.14g/6h (OB 167; N 2967; BW. 159); John Phiper, Farthing, 1.46g/6h (OB 169; N –; BW. 162); Samuell Ridett, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.46g/9h (OB 171; N –; BW. 164) [11]. OB 145, 149 and 152 about very fine and better, first overstruck on a Halfpenny of Robert Adson of Colchester, 1668 (BW. Essex 89), others in varied state, OB 146 very rare £140-£180

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

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OB 143c Tennants Auction (Leyburn) 2 May 2012, lot 260 (part); *OB 145 SCMB June 1981 (M 122), D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 50 (part) [from Seaby November 1982]; OB 163a I. Thomson Collection, DNW Auction 150, 3 October 2018, lot 3252 (part); OB 169 T.W. Townsend Collection, Spink Auction 28, 28 April 1983, lot 30 (part), D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 53 (part) [from Spink]; OB 171 DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lots 284 (part); others except OB 146 J. Kendall Bourne Collection, D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lots 50, 51, 53 (parts)