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BRITISH TOKENS, Borough High Street, Richard Perkins, Farthing, 1.07g/6h (E 493; N –; BW. 76); James Pitman, Farthings, 1655 (2), 0.97g/6h (E 494; N 4827, this piece; BW. 70), 1.13g/6h (E 496; N 4828a, this piece; BW. 70); John Poore, Farthing, 1.24g/6h (E 498, this piece illustrated; N 4829, this piece; BW. 73); Richard Poore, Farthing, 1.16g/12h (E 499; N 4830; BW. 75), Halfpenny, 1667, 1.49g/9h (E 500, this piece illustrated; N 4831, this piece; BW. 74) [6]. E 499 and 500 very fine, former superior to the Everson plate piece, latter partly weak, E 494 fair, others fine and better, E 493 very rare £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 493 bt Spink; E 494 Norweb Collection; E 496 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 498 and *500 Norweb Collection [from Spink]; E 499 J.L. Wetton Collection, R.A. Shuttlewood Collection, Spink Auction 151, 15 March 2001, lot 677 (part)