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BRITISH TOKENS, Borough High Street, John Sandon, Farthing, d over e in sandon, 0.90g/6h (E 514; N 4875a, this piece; BW. 85); John Savage, Farthing, 1.06g/6h (E 515; N 4834, this piece; BW. 86); William Shelley, Farthing, 1662, 0.89g/6h (E 516; N –; BW. 88); John Smalbon, Halfpenny, 1.66g/6h (E 519; N 4860a, this piece; BW. 90); Will Smee, Farthing, 1658, 0.80g/12h (E 520; N –; D 90A; Sharman, SCMB 1983, p.125, 29, this piece) [5]. E 516 and 520 very fine, E 514 fine, others fair £100-150

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 514 and 519 R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; E 515 R.J. Carthew Collection, R.A. Nott Collection, Norweb Collection; *E 516 found in the R. Thames, bt Baldwin; E 520 found on the foreshore of the R. Thames 1982, E.J. Harris Collection, DNW Auction 38, 25 November 1998, lot 297 (part) [from Seaby], T. Coker Collection, DNW Auction 68A, 15 December 2005, lot 1829 [from M. Trenerry]