British 17th Century Trade Tokens

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Great Horwood, John Carter, Halfpenny, 1668, 0.80g/12h (BM 91; N –; BW. 72); High Wycombe, Edward Winch, Halfpeny, 1666, 1.48g/6h (BM 235; N 363; BW. 179); Hughenden, Francis Barnaby, Farthing, 1.49g/12h (BM 100; N 314; BW. 68); Newport Pagnell, John Thornton, Farthing, 0.760g/6h (BM 137; N 325; D 105A); Thornborough, Edward Purssell, Halfpenny, 1668, 1.58g/9h (BM 177; N 340; BW. 134); Winslow, William Giles, Halfpenny, 1666, 1.86g/3h (BM 196; N 348; BW. 149) [6]. BM 100 and 177 good fine, BM 235 about fine, others in varied state, BM 91 pierced £100-£150

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, 17th Century Tokens from the Collection of Quentin Archer.

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BM 91 DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 284 (part); BM 100 G. Berry Collection, DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 163 (part) [from Seaby 1965]; BM 235 P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 52, 28-9 November 2001, lot 1011 (part) [from P.H. Mernick October 1977], D.B. Griffiths Collection, Part II, DNW Auction T11, 11 April 2012, lot 91 (part); BM 137 bt Las Vegas December 2006; *BM 177 DNW Auction T7, 7 October 2009, lot 292 (part), DNW Auction T13, 2 October 2013, lot 287