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BRITISH TOKENS, Borough High Street, Francis Prescott, octagonal Halfpence, 1669 (2), 1.80g/9h (E 501; N 4832b, this piece [the plate coin]; BW. 77), 3.14g/6h (E 502; N 4833, this piece; BW. 77); I.I.R. at the checker, Farthing, 1651, 0.76g/6h (E 503; N 4851b, this piece; BW. 79); I.S.R. at the rames head, Farthing, 0.84g/6h (E 504, this piece illustrated; N 4871a, this piece; BW. 463); Miles Reilly, Farthing, 0.94g/6h (E 505, this piece illustrated; N –; D 79A) [5]. E 503 very fine, E 505 about very fine but weak in parts and with ‘river’ patina, others fair to fine £120-150

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 501 Norweb Collection; E 502, *503 and 504 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 505 J.L. Wetton Collection, bt Spink