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Staffordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Geoffrey Kay Collection

Geoffrey Kay

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№ 1856

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15 December 2005

Hammer Price:
£140

Stafford, William Elveis, Halfpenny, 1.93g/12h (N 4211; BW. 57); Richard Hichcock, Halfpenny, 1667, 2.02g/12h (BW. 60); John Soule, Farthing, 1.08g/12h (BW. 64); Samuel Tanner, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.65g/12h (BW. 65); John Wells, Halfpenny, 1665, 0.43g/12h (BW. 67) [5]. First fine, others generally fair but last severely chipped, all very rare (£150-200)

Provenance:
*BW. 57 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark April 1979
BW. 64 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt N.A. Clark June 1978
Others bt N.A. Clark [60 and 67 in November 1990, 65 in April 1979].

John Soule, chandler; Samuel Tanner, ironmonger