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BRITISH TOKENS, Borough High Street, E.C. the 3 cranes tavern, Farthing, 1650, 1.21g/6h (E 415; N 4879a, this piece; D 17D); M.A.C. at the rams head, Farthing, 1.06g/6h (E 416; N 4870, this piece; BW. 430); Jeremiah Callowaye, Halfpenny, 1667, 1.57g/6h (E 418; N 4797b, this piece; BW. 42); John Carter, Farthing, 0.94g/3h (E 419; N 4798; BW. 21); Humphrey Clarke, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.90g/6h (E 420; N 4852a, this piece; BW. 22) [5]. E 415 and 418 good fine, latter crimped, E 416 fair, E 419 very fine with ‘river’ patina and superior to the Everson plate piece, E 420 mediocre, all rare, particularly the last £150-200

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Southwark 17th Century Tokens formed by the late Cole Danehower.

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Provenance: E 415 L. Clements Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 May 1937, lot 81 (part) [from Baldwin], R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 416 Norweb Collection [from Spink]; E 418 Norweb Collection; *E 419 found in the R. Thames 1991, bt Baldwin; E 420 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection