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BRITISH TOKENS, Borough High Street, John Fox, Farthing, 1657, 1.11g/6h (E 446; N 4855a, this piece; BW. 38); Will Frith, Farthing, 1655, 0.92g/6h (E 447; N 4881, this piece; BW. 39); A.G. at the greene man, Farthing, 1651, 1.05g/6h (E 448, this piece illustrated; N 4864a, this piece; BW. 41); Thomas Gardner, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.46g/6h (E 450; N 4808; D 42A); Joseph Griffith, Farthing, 1659, 1.06g/12h (E 454; N 4810, this piece; BW. 44) [5]. E 448 and 450 very fine, latter a weak strike but with ‘river’ patina and superior to the Everson plate piece, E 446 good fine, others about fine, mostly rare £140-180

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 446 and *448 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 447 J.E. Hodgkin Collection, Sotheby Auction, 22-3 April 1914, lot 220 (part), L. Clements Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 May 1937, lot 81 (part) [from Baldwin], R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 450 found in the R. Thames, P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 251 (part) [from N. Mills December 1983]